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Jul 2023
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Why Lawmakers Might Ban the Sale of Cell...

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Massachusetts lawmakersare weighing a near total ban on the selling of location data from mobile devices . The proposed law would go further than any other state’s privacy laws and could upend a billion-dollar industry. WSJ reporter Byron Tau joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss. 

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