Biden says Republicans, Democrats should unite against Big Tech 'abuses' -WSJ


U.S. President Joe Biden walks before boarding the Marine One helicopter to travel to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for the first lady Jill Biden to undergo Mohs surgery for skin cancer from the White House in Washington U.S. January 11 2023.  REUTERSJonathan Ernst

U.S. President Joe Biden walks before boarding the Marine One helicopter to travel to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for the first lady Jill Biden to undergo Mohs surgery for skin cancer, from the White House in Washington, U.S., January 11, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

(Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said in an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal that Democrats and Republicans need to come together to pass strong bipartisan legislation in order to hold major tech companies accountable.

Most importantly, Biden said he wanted to see "serious federal protections for Americans' privacy," including putting limits on how much data like location, biometrics and health information can be collected. He also highlighted the specific risk to children.

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