Queenie Wong is a state politics reporter covering tech and entertainment policy for the Los Angeles Times. Previously, she wrote about social media companies for CNET and the Mercury News. She also covered politics and education for the Statesman Journal in Salem, Ore. Growing up in Southern California, she started reading The Times as a kid and took her first journalism class in middle school. She graduated from Washington and Lee University, where she studied journalism and studio art.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill on Saturday that would allow workers on strike to collect unemployment benefits after being on the picket line for two weeks.
Sept. 30, 2023
California lawmakers on Thursday passed a bill known as the Delete Act that would allow consumers, with a single request, to have every data broker delete their personal information.
Sept. 14, 2023
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has been wary about appearing as if he’s siding with labor unions or film studios as the Hollywood strikes continue.
Sept. 14, 2023
California lawmakers on Wednesday passed a bill aimed at combating child sexual abuse material on social media platforms such as Facebook, Snapchat and TikTok.
Sept. 13, 2023
An Assembly bill would give actors and artists a way to nullify provisions that allow studios to digitally clone their voices, faces and bodies with AI.
Sept. 13, 2023
California lawmakers say the new law aims to make social media more transparent, but X, formerly known as Twitter, alleges it violates the 1st Amendment.
Sept. 9, 2023
Leaders from the actors’ and screenwriters’ unions, both of which are currently on strike, protested outside Amazon’s Culver City offices in support of state Senate Bill 799.
Sept. 7, 2023
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signaled he wants the state to lead the way when it comes to putting guardrails around AI’s potential risks.
Sept. 6, 2023
Lawmakers ditched a bill that would hold social media companies liable for promoting harmful content but advanced another focused more narrowly on child sexual abuse material.
Sept. 2, 2023
Privacy advocates say it should be easier for people to delete personal information held by data brokers. Businesses say doing so will “destroy California’s data-driven economy.”
Aug. 29, 2023