President Donald Trump’s “shadowy” deal to get ByteDance to divest TikTok won’t protect national security or privacy, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said Monday, citing a New York Times opinion piece.
Sens. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., on Wednesday joined groups concerned about children’s toy companies using AI technology to collect and store data.
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., on Tuesday introduced a bill that would ban the collection and sale of personal car data without driver consent.
House Democrats on Tuesday said they have launched the House Democratic Commission on AI.
Apple and Google should brief the House Homeland Security Committee on measures they’re taking to prevent apps from tracking Department of Homeland Security officials, Chairman Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y., and House Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Josh Brecheen, R-Okla., wrote the companies Friday.
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., told reporters Tuesday that a compromise version of the FY 2026 National Defense Authorization Act still under negotiation won’t include language to preempt states’ AI laws, amid ongoing concerns about proposals tying such a pause to funding from the $42.5 billion BEAD broadband program. President Donald Trump has been eyeing a draft executive order that could force NTIA to deny non-deployment BEAD funding to states with AI laws that the administration deems overly onerous (see 2511200057).
The House’s recently introduced version of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0) would “dramatically” expand federal preemption and potentially nullify a wide range of state privacy and safety laws, Public Interest Privacy Center President Amelia Vance said in a post Tuesday (see 2511250080).
The House version of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) wouldn’t ensure the tech industry prioritizes children’s safety, Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., said in a statement Tuesday.
Congress shouldn’t block states from enforcing AI regulations, a bipartisan group of 36 state attorneys general wrote in a letter to congressional leaders Tuesday.
A coalition of 40 Democratic members of the Senate and House warned Democratic governors of 19 states and territories that they may be “inadvertently sharing drivers’ data with federal immigration authorities.”