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WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, Sen. Maria Cantwell introduced privacy legislation that would penalize online platforms and others that abuse people’s personal data.

The bill would limit data collection and toughen enforcement.

This PEN America report sounds the alarm about the existential threat facing local watchdog journalism and proposes big-picture solutions for its revitalization.

The decision is yet another victory for the coalition of media-justice groups, including Free Press, that challenged the Trump FCC’s ownership rulings.

The next step for the Trump FCC or the National Association of Broadcasters would be the Supreme Court.

House leadership included the measure in a government-funding bill — and even members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus went along with it.

Civil-rights activists protested outside Twitter’s headquarters to deliver a message to the social-media company.

A federal court ruling last month threatens the internet’s future as well as the digital rights of communities of color.

Associates of advocacy groups converged on Twitter headquarters in San Francisco to call on the company to ban white supremacists.

During the protest, Free Press released a report finding Twitter has failed to make good on promises to address hateful activities on its network.