The proposed legislation would be the first of its kind passed in the country, but there are similar bills popping up everywhere this year.

https://www.404media.co/maine-datacenter-construction-bill-ld-307/

Cisco, IBM, and major lobbying groups are trying to exempt "critical infrastructure" from an existing Colorado law.

https://www.404media.co/data-center-tech-lobbyists-fearmonger-in-attempt-to-retroactively-roll-back-right-to-repair-law/

At least three different people notified the popular app that wants to help men stop watching porn that it was jeopardizing user data.

https://www.404media.co/multiple-hackers-warned-anti-porn-app-quittr-about-security-issue-for-months/

“I am vetoing this bill in its entirety because I object to this bill's intrusion into the personal privacy of Wisconsin residents,” Governor Tony Evers wrote.

https://www.404media.co/wisconsin-age-verification-bill-vetoed/

Ron DeSantis has empowered hundreds of conservation police to work directly with ICE.

https://www.404media.co/floridas-wildlife-cops-are-searching-thousands-of-flock-cameras-for-ice/

Thomson Reuters’ data, which can include peoples’ addresses and details on their ethnicity, is linked to tools used by ICE.

https://www.404media.co/how-thomson-reuters-powers-ice-and-palantir/

"Iran’s use of LEGO set rap music tells me it’s been studying us. These are videos meant for the American people crafted in a language Iran knows we’ll understand."

https://www.404media.co/iran-is-winning-the-ai-slop-propaganda-war/