Activists and some legislators say that a GDPR-like bill to give Washington state some of the toughest privacy standards in the US was diluted by tech lobbyists (Mark Scott/Politico)

Mark Scott / Politico:
Activists and some legislators say that a GDPR-like bill to give Washington state some of the toughest privacy standards in the US was diluted by tech lobbyists  —  Washington state was writing European-style legislation.  Then corporate lobbyists got involved.