Congress must address the growing issue of companies using algorithms to adjust prices of consumer goods based on personal data, Rep. Greg Casar, D-Texas, said Wednesday during an American Economic Liberties Project event.
Legislation intended to protect individuals’ voice and likeness from unauthorized, AI-generated recreation threatens privacy, civil society groups said Tuesday in a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Connecticut Sen. James Maroney (D) on Thursday continued his push against Congress’ potential AI moratorium, saying it prevents states from upholding their privacy laws (see 2506250044).
Creating a federal AI standard would end “the chaos of 50 different state laws” and ensure American companies can develop “cutting-edge” technology, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Wednesday in an X post supporting President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill.
Google on Tuesday announced its support for legislation that would update the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).
The Senate Commerce Committee will consider legislation updating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) at a June 25 markup, Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, announced Wednesday.
More than 60,000 Americans have signed a petition asking the Senate to drop a budget package provision that would block states from enforcing their AI laws for a decade, consumer groups said Tuesday (see 2506120083).
Palantir’s reported role in helping the IRS build a database of sensitive tax information likely violates the Privacy Act and tax privacy laws, congressional Democrats said in a letter to CEO Alex Karp on Tuesday.
The STOP CSAM Act of 2025 doesn't make kids safer online, a Center of Democracy and Technology (CDT) blog said Friday. Instead, the legislation, which aims to combat child sexual abuse material (CSAM) online, undermines the tools that protect kids online, said Tom Bowman, CDT policy counsel for Security & Surveillance and the blog's author.
Democrats on Wednesday reintroduced bicameral legislation that would set data-minimization standards for the collection and sharing of personal reproductive and sexual health data.