Senators are working to address civil liberty concerns about a bill that could lead to a TikTok ban in the U.S., Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., told us recently.
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Congress should revoke Section 230 if it continues to fail in passing legislation to hold Big Tech accountable for online harms, including child exploitation and illegal drug sales, said Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and several other members Thursday.
Forcing tech companies to pay usage fees to European ISPs could be “discriminatory” and damage net neutrality, NTIA argued in the European Commission’s public consultation on EU investment in digital communications networks.
The U.S. would benefit from a new federal agency regulating artificial intelligence technology, Microsoft President Brad Smith said Thursday at a Planet Word event in Washington, D.C. Smith said the agency could oversee licensing of AI products much like regulators of automobile and aviation technology. He recommended President Joe Biden issue an executive order saying the federal government will procure AI services only from organizations applying government- and industry-sanctioned AI frameworks.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., is seeking potential options with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to bring a package of children’s online safety bills to the Senate floor, he told us last week.
"There is no immediate disruption to Facebook," the company said Monday after the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) ordered parent company Meta to suspend future data transfers to the U.S. within five months, pay a fine of $1.3 billion (1.2 billion pounds), and come into compliance with EU privacy law within six months. Facebook "will appeal the ruling, including the unjustified and unnecessary fine, and seek a stay of the orders through the courts," Global Affairs President Nick Clegg blogged.
The FTC will consider regulatory action against companies using artificial intelligence products “even before consumers are harmed,” FTC Chair Lina Khan said Thursday. The commission voted 3-0 to issue a policy statement detailing how the agency plans to use existing consumer protection authorities to preserve consumer privacy for AI and biometric technology.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman briefed House Judiciary Committee members Tuesday, Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., said as members grapple with potential solutions for crediting copyright owners when artificial intelligence systems use their work.
ChatGPT creator OpenAI supports deploying a new federal agency to regulate artificial intelligence and other disruptive technologies, OpenAI CEO Samuel Altman told Senate Judiciary Committee members Tuesday.
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 21-0 Thursday to pass legislation intended to hold tech platforms more accountable for hosting child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., received sweeping support for his Strengthening Transparency and Obligation to Protect Children Suffering from Abuse and Mistreatment (Stop CSAM) Act (S-1199). The bill had zero co-sponsors heading into Thursday’s markup.