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.
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).