Guarding Reproductive Privacy, How China Spreads Propaganda, and More

Why it will be hard to impose more sanctions on North Korea, data privacy in the post-Roe era, and China's propaganda on search engines.

View in browser July 11, 2022 How China uses search engines to spread propaganda   "Users consistently report high trust in search engine results, and this makes it crucial that search engines surface high-quality information." Jessica Brandt and Valerie Wirtschafter examine the underappreciated issue of Chinese state-backed content on widely used search engines.   Read more How comprehensive privacy legislation can guard reproductive privacy   After the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, there are serious concerns about the information privacy of women who have abortions while living in states that ban abortion, as well as others who help them, promote travel to other states, or sell abortion medications. The bipartisan American Privacy and Data Protection Act will likely be a crucial vehicle for protecting people's sensitive data, Cameron Kerry argues.    Read more Why further sanctions against North Korea could be tough to add   From 2006 to 2017, the international community relied heavily on sanctions to punish and condemn North Korea for conducting nuclear and long-range missile tests. Now, amid reports that the country has completed preparations for a seventh nuclear test, the U.N. Security Council has little left to sanction, Andrew Yeo warns.    Read more The conclusions and recommendations of any Brookings publication are solely those of its author(s), and do not reflect the views of the Institution, its management, or its other scholars. The Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036 Unsubscribe Manage your newsletter subscriptions | Receive the Brookings Brief less often