The FTC is preparing to enforce the Take It Down Act starting on May 19, when the statute takes effect, Ben Wiseman, the agency's Division of Privacy and Identity Protection (DPIP) associate director, said during an IAPP webinar Wednesday.
The FTC should investigate whether X violated the Take It Down Act when it allowed Grok to generate sexualized images of minors, senators from both parties told Privacy Daily this week (see 2601150023). However, Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, told us he’s confident Elon Musk is addressing and correcting the issue.
Congress should pass legislation from Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, that would ban social media use for children younger than 13, witnesses told the committee during a hearing Thursday.
There should be accountability for the harmful misuse of X’s AI tool Grok (see 2601130062), White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Michael Kratsios said Wednesday amid questions about the Trump administration’s business dealings with Elon Musk.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency should be central to coordinating public and private partners on cybersecurity, and all sides should focus on "identity security” and “threat-hunting,” CrowdStrike Chief Privacy Officer Drew Bagley told the House Homeland Security Committee during a hearing Tuesday.
The Trump administration’s proposal to expand biometric data collection for immigration benefit applicants is unconstitutional and violates international protections for children, consumer groups and privacy scholars told the Department of Homeland Security in comments due earlier this month.
Colorado will discuss a “few tweaks” to the AI Act this session regarding reporting requirements, attorney general rulemaking authority and the scope of liability, Senate Majority Leader Robert Rodriguez (D) said in a Troutman podcast posted Thursday.
President Donald Trump plans to present Congress with a federal AI legislative proposal “this year,” White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Michael Kratsios said Wednesday during a discussion at CES.
With 2026 anticipated to be a major privacy enforcement year, companies can follow best practices to comply across states like California, Colorado and Connecticut, compliance attorneys told us in interviews this week.
President Donald Trump’s AI executive order doesn’t have a direct preemptive impact, so companies should comply with state AI laws for now, but expect litigation on several fronts in 2026, attorneys and consumer groups said in a recent analysis of the order (see 2512150050).