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California is leading on kids' data privacy in the U.S. but still lags internationally. The California Legislature is considering bills to safeguard children from chatbots and curb addictive social media for kids. Students of Saint Monica Preparatory hang

Call center nurses at the health giant said workplace surveillance tools and AI prioritize speed and cost savings over quality and safety. Kaiser Permanente advice nurse Raquel Alvarez Sanchez works from her home office in Santa Rosa on April 6, 2026. Kai

A new state tool lets you tell data brokers to stop tracking you. Will they comply? Help us investigate. Hello there, Our names are Colin and Mohamed, and we're both journalists at CalMatters and The Markup. If you haven't heard yet, California is offerin

Mental health providers are increasingly using AI technology to record conversations, raising privacy concerns among patients and practitioners. Illustration by Roxsy Lin, American Community Media In 2024, Kaiser Permanente announced the rollout of Abridg

Dark patterns force patients to share their data with big healthcare networks, even when the privacy form they're signing explicitly says they can opt-out. Gabriel Hongsdusit When Paula Stannard, one of the federal government's top healthcare privacy offi

The Markup and CalMatters showed how website code could make it harder for Californians to exercise their right to remove personal data. Now much of that code has disappeared. Sen. Maggie Hassan pressed data brokers to make it easier to opt out of their s

Tech companies like Google, Facebook and Microsoft are ignoring data controls mandated under California law, researchers say. Photo by Zamek, VIEWpress via Getty Images A new audit has found that websites across the internet may be failing to abide by Cal

Bill addresses an issue investigated by The Markup last year. Lauren Justice for CalMatters A California bill to protect people on online dating apps from violence has critics arguing that the measure would put a "scarlet letter" on certain users. But tha

The 18-month-long investigation about how Tinder, Hinge, and their corporate owner kept rape under wraps won in the technology reporting category. The Markup The Markup's collaborative investigation "Dating App Cover-Up: How Tinder, Hinge, and Their Corpo

The Lincoln Media Foundation has spent big to push 'local' conservative messaging Photo via iStock A conservative organization with decades of influence in California has quietly turned attention, and millions of dollars, to a national initiative of right