California Passes Law , Forbidding Companies From Complying , With Anti-Abortion Warrants.<br />On September 27, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed <br />a new law forbidding California-based businesses from handing <br />over the personal information of abortion seekers.<br />On September 27, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed <br />a new law forbidding California-based businesses from handing <br />over the personal information of abortion seekers.<br />CNN reports that the law prohibits sharing geolocation data, search histories and other personal information <br />in response to out-of-state search warrants.<br />The law also stops companies in the state from complying <br />with out-of-state law enforcement requests related <br />to abortion, including wiretaps and subpoenas.<br />The law also stops companies in the state from complying <br />with out-of-state law enforcement requests related <br />to abortion, including wiretaps and subpoenas.<br />With the world's most powerful <br />tech companies under its jurisdiction, <br />California wields immense power as a state.<br />According to CNN, this is the most recent <br />example of California using that power<br />to influence policy at a national level. .<br />The new law puts businesses, including Google, Meta <br />and Uber, in the difficult position of choosing sides, as <br />the law contradicts the anti-abortion laws of other states.<br />The new law puts businesses, including Google, Meta <br />and Uber, in the difficult position of choosing sides, as <br />the law contradicts the anti-abortion laws of other states.<br />The new law puts businesses, including Google, Meta <br />and Uber, in the difficult position of choosing sides, as <br />the law contradicts the anti-abortion laws of other states.<br />This is an important new area, this <br />contest between anti-choice legal <br />process and pro-choice blocking statutes,<br />and it is a matter that could work its way <br />up the courts to the highest court, Adam Schwartz, senior staff attorney <br />at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, via CNN.<br />Chamber of Progress, a tech trade group, <br />warns that the new law may put tech <br />companies between a rock and a hard place.<br />Red states and blue states are at war over <br />abortion, and online platforms are caught <br />in the crossfire. California’s new law could <br />potentially have a big impact on protecting <br />reproductive privacy — but first it will create <br />a challenging conflict between state laws, Adam Kovacevich, Chamber of Progress CEO, via CNN
