Lawmakers in Congress unveil plan to expand online privacy protections

Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Rep. Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) unveiled the American Privacy Rights Act. Photo: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post

Key federal lawmakers Sunday unveiled a sweeping proposal that would for the first time give consumers broad rights to control how tech companies like Google, Meta and TikTok use their personal data, a major breakthrough in the decades-long fight to adopt national online privacy protections. Read the full Washington Post story here.