Governor urges 'data dividend' to share tech wealth

The new governor of the state that is home to Silicon Valley said Tuesday his team is working on a plan for a "data dividend" that internet firms would pay users. Governor Gavin Newsom announced the proposal during a "State of the State" address, reasoning that people should share in money that technology firms make off of what they know about users. "Consumers have a right to know and control how their data is being used," Newsom said, referring to state privacy legislation passed last year.

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