{"id":235665,"date":"2026-04-24T17:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T21:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/24\/sacramento-report-a-privacy-protection-bill-unleashes-an-online-flurry-on-the-right\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T18:55:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T22:55:49","slug":"sacramento-report-a-privacy-protection-bill-unleashes-an-online-flurry-on-the-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/24\/sacramento-report-a-privacy-protection-bill-unleashes-an-online-flurry-on-the-right\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacramento Report: A Privacy Protection Bill Unleashes an Online Flurry on the Right"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sacramento Report: A Privacy Protection Bill Unleashes an Online Flurry on the Right<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/voiceofsandiego.org\/2026\/04\/24\/sacramento-report-a-privacy-protection-bill-unleashes-an-online-flurry-on-the-right\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-04-24 17:05:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: voiceofsandiego.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Right-wing operatives unleashed a firestorm inside the Capitol halls this week.<\/p>\n

For weeks, a bill that would strengthen privacy protections for immigrant service workers stirred controversy online among some conservatives over fears that it would stifle First Amendment rights before it was taken up at a committee hearing this week.<\/p>\n

Assembly Bill 2624 expands on a 25-year-old state protection program that allows victims of sexual assault and domestic abuse to keep their residential addresses confidential by providing a substitute mailing address to the secretary of state\u2019s office.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The legislation by Assemblymember Mia Bonta would broaden the eligibility to include people who provide legal, health or other social services to immigrants and ban their private information from being shared online if intended to incite harassment or violence if they are in the program. Violations would be a civil offense and give those affected the right to sue.<\/p>\n

However, it has spurred anxiety among Republicans over concerns that it would stop independent \u2018citizen journalists\u2019 from investigating fraud accusations. The pushback has included calls from GOP lawmakers for a special session on the issue and ire from non-Californians such as Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Trump administration officials.<\/p>\n

Republicans have coined it the \u201cStop the Nick Shirley Act,\u201d although the bill does not name the conservative activist and content creator whose videos about Somali-operated Minnesota day care centers spurred an immigration crackdown in Minneapolis. Shirley also visited several Somali-run day care centers in San Diego where he accused owners of running \u201cghost facilities\u201d with no children present.<\/p>\n

At a public safety hearing earlier this week, immigrants rights groups advocates filled the room and the testimony overwhelmingly supported the bill. It\u2019s intended to protect workers who help immigrants from being targeted, but many advocates were…<\/p>\n

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