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Assemblywoman makes her point with a little help from Siri

Los Angeles Times

Welcome to Essential Politics, our daily feed on California government and politics news. We've also got a brand new bill tracking page for some of this month's biggest state Capitol debates. Assemblywoman Kristin Olsen (R-Modesto) trotted out a high-tech prop to speak against a bill on Monday: Siri, the electronic personal assistant on Apple iPhones. Speaking against a measure by Assemblyman Ian Calderon (D-Whittier) that requires online entertainment subscription services to remove actors' ages and birth dates upon request, Olsen used her iPhone to demonstrate such information was readily available. When prompted, Siri served up the ages of Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep.