Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., on Friday reintroduced legislation meant to increase transparency into automated decisions impacting housing, employment, credit and education.
Congress should think twice about moving ahead with the proposed Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), the Software & Information Industry Association said in a policy post Thursday. “As Congress searches for solutions, it’s critical that leaders consider the unintended consequences of sweeping privacy legislation and work toward protections that truly keep kids safe.”
A bipartisan group of state legislators recently met with the House Commerce Committee’s privacy working group and advocated for “minimal or no federal preemption,” the National Conference of State Legislatures said in a post Monday.
Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, on Wednesday released a “legislative framework” intended to allow AI deployers and developers to avoid regulations that “impede their work.”
Whistleblower claims about Meta enabling child privacy violations and abuse on its platforms are “nonsense,” the company said in a statement Tuesday. Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans and Democrats during a Senate Privacy Subcommittee hearing Tuesday called on fellow lawmakers to continue addressing child-safety issues on social media platforms.
Meta should shut down Instagram's map feature because of child-safety issues, Sens. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said Friday in a letter to CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., on Thursday released draft legislation that would allow TikTok to continue operating in the U.S. under specific national security conditions.
Comments are due Aug. 28 on House Republicans’ request for public feedback on potential legislative updates to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, including on possible impact to privacy laws.
Consumer advocates, industry representatives and a former FTC investigator will address proposals for a federal privacy law that either supersedes state laws or moves beyond them when they testify Wednesday before the Senate Privacy Subcommittee (see 2507240037).
The Senate Privacy Subcommittee will hold a data privacy hearing Wednesday, as expected (see 2507170046). Chair Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., told us earlier this month the subcommittee will explore options for comprehensive privacy legislation.