The FTC is exploring statutory authorities for stopping pornography websites from illegally sharing content with children, FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson said Wednesday. The agency recently consulted EU enforcers and is also focused on new authorities under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), he said during an agency workshop.
Expect the Senate to reach a Byrd rule decision on the House’s proposed AI moratorium within the next two weeks (see 2505270049), Senate Commerce Committee Ted Cruz, R-Texas, told us Tuesday, saying he’s not sure the language will survive.
Industry and consumer groups continue pushing for changes to Colorado’s AI law as Gov. Jared Polis (D) considers the possibility of calling a special session and reconsideration of a legislative update that failed earlier this month (see 2505060033).
Louisiana’s Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday passed HB-570, an app store age-verification bill that has pitted Apple and Google against Meta and X (see 2505280065).
An app store age-verification bill under consideration in Louisiana drew heated discussion from the Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday.
It’s unclear whether a proposed 10-year moratorium on AI regulation will survive parliamentary procedure in the Senate, and predictions vary based on political party and business interests.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision upholding President Donald Trump’s recent board firings suggests FTC Commissioners Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya shouldn’t be reinstated, FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson and the Trump administration said in a filing Friday (see 2505060040).
State attorneys general last week made unfounded claims against House Republicans’ proposed AI moratorium, Rep. Jay Obernolte, R-Calif., told us Tuesday. The moratorium doesn’t block states from enforcing traditional consumer protection laws, he added.
President Donald Trump’s recent firings at the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board were illegal based on congressional intent and the Constitution, a federal judge ruled Wednesday (see 2502250052).
Congress should reject a “destructive” proposal that would block states from enforcing AI laws for 10 years, a bipartisan coalition of 40 state attorneys general said in a letter to congressional leaders Friday (see 2505150021 and 2505140059).