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A coalition of law enforcement groups and prosecutors are holding up a California bill with bipartisan support meant to protect people seeking reproductive and gender affirming health care and fighting to weaken its provisions. The FTC Just Prescribed a Can of Whoop Ass on Health DataThe bill, AB 793, would prohibit so-called “reverse demands,” requests to tech companies such as geofence or keyword search warrants, which typically pull in data about masses of people who may not even be suspected of a crime. Law…

Photo: Chip Somodevilla (Getty Images)News flash everyone: public trust in tech companies isn’t exactly thriving. While it doesn’t take an expert to smell the bad blood that’s been brewing between tech and its users, research released this week from Edelman provides new, clear insights into just how much the relationship has soured over the years.U.S.trust in tech fell 24 points over the past decade according to the Edelman report with declines reported in just about every demographic group, regardless of age, gender, or…

Photo: T. Schneider (Shutterstock)South Korean officials are reportedly taking steps to revoke Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon’s passport less than 24 hours after courts issued a warrant for his arrest for allegedly violating the country’s capital-markets law. Kwon’s company developed the Luna and TerraUSD so-called “stable coins” which collapsed in May, ultimately tanking the price of Bitcoin and helping usher one of the worst crypto winters in the industry’s history.Prosecutors pursuing Kwon, Bloomberg reports, sent a…