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.
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., is pressing three major American airlines over claims they’re selling bulk customer data to federal agencies.
Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, on Thursday released the panel’s budget text with a revised version of the House-passed moratorium on state AI regulation (see 2506030068).
The House passed its reconciliation package with a proposed 10-year AI moratorium on a 215-214 vote Thursday (see 2505210065).
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., urged fellow senators Wednesday to investigate whether the phones they’re using are protected from surveillance. The major carriers have different policies, he wrote in a “dear colleague” letter.
Legislation introduced Tuesday by Senate Democrats would increase monetary penalties under the Privacy Act and other federal statutes in an effort to address the Department of Government Efficiency’s alleged abuses.
The House Rules Committee will consider the chamber’s reconciliation package and a potential AI moratorium at 1 a.m. E.T. Wednesday after House Budget Committee Republicans reached an agreement with House Freedom Caucus holdouts Sunday and advanced the measure. The package that House Budget considered at Friday’s markup included a provision that would set a 10-year moratorium blocking states from enforcing AI laws (see 2505140059).