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Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer said the vote was a step in "the most important update in decades to federal laws to protecting kids on the internet."

Senate passes kids online safety package

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted July 30, 2024 at 2:26pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer said social media “can do a lot of good things, but it also can lead to serious health risks that we cannot ignore.”

Tech groups, others plan full fight over kids’ online safety bills

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted July 30, 2024 at 7:00am
Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Marsha Blackburn, center, join families of victims of online abuse at a news conference Thursday on the childrens' online safety bill that advanced in the Senate.

Senate tees up kids online safety bill for vote next week

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted July 25, 2024 at 5:57pm
FTC Chairwoman Lina Khan testifies during a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing in May.

House spending bill would clip FTC’s reach in MGM cyber probe

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted July 23, 2024 at 7:00am
Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, arrives to the Fiserv Forum on the second day of Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Tuesday.

Once a tech investor, Vance is now Big Tech critic

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted July 17, 2024 at 10:38am
Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash.

Cantwell says she’ll cut path for privacy bill despite opposition

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted July 17, 2024 at 7:00am
Justice Elena Kagan has criticized the 5th Circuit decision that upheld the Texas law, writing for a six-justice majority that social media content moderation is free speech protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution.

Ruling boosts social media free speech protections, some say

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted July 9, 2024 at 7:00am
The proposal is an “important step” in safeguarding national security, says House Appropriations ranking member Rosa DeLauro.

Treasury seeks tighter rules on US investment in China tech

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted July 3, 2024 at 7:00am
House Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., center, and ranking member Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-N.J., right, are shown at a hearing on the social media platform TikTok in March 2023.

Privacy bill markup canceled amid multi-front opposition

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted June 27, 2024 at 9:06pm
“Setting the stage for how the federal government is going to buy and use AI will have a large effect on the AI industry, as well as innovation,” says Sen. Gary Peters.

Peters pitches AI legislation as model for private sector

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted June 25, 2024 at 7:00am, Updated at 5:16pm