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Twitter’s Nicole Wong, in line for Obama privacy post, praised for First Amendment chops

A Silicon Valley lawyer who has headed free speech efforts at Google (GOOG) and Twitter is in the running to be named a top Obama administration adviser on privacy issues.

Nicole Wong, who was deputy general counsel at Google before leaving last year to become Twitter’s legal director, is widely praised for her smarts, thoughtfulness and consumer focus. “She’s as hard-core on free speech as anybody you could ever find,” said Andrew McLaughlin, who as Google’s public policy director worked closely with Wong on requests to take down content foreign governments deemed objectionable.

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