[ DuckDuckGo Privacy Weekly ] For Jun 9, 2022

• Lawmakers Are Racing to Pass Tech Antitrust Reforms Before Midterms [cnbc.com]
  "The American Innovation and Choice Online Act would prohibit dominant tech platforms from...unfairly ranking their services above those of rivals." It is now "just a few steps away from becoming law," reports Lauren Feiner.
• Legislators Introduce Bipartisan Digital-Privacy Bill That May Not Be Doomed [pcmag.com]
  "A new bipartisan privacy bill...The American Data Privacy and Protection Act, announced Friday... would then grant customers a variety of opt-out rights, including a choice to decline most targeted advertising," reports Rob Pegoraro.
• You Need to Update iOS, Chrome, Windows, and Zoom ASAP [wired.com]
  "May has been another busy month of security updates, with Google’s Chrome browser and Android operating system, Zoom, and Apple’s iOS releasing patches to fix serious vulnerabilities," reports Kate O'Flaherty.

And finally, if you live in the United States…

• Breaking: The Senate is expected to vote on antitrust bills in a matter of weeks. [antitrustsummer.com]
  The time is now for Congress to act on tech companies unfairly preferencing their own services above competitors. The Senate is expected to vote any day on this, and hearing that you care about this issue would really make a difference.

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