Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday apologized to the families of social media-related victims during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. As in previous hearings, the lawmakers vowed they would approve laws holding Big Tech more accountable for children's online safety.
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The Senate Judiciary Committee will seek support from Meta, X, TikTok and Discord for kids’ privacy legislation during Wednesday's hearing when their CEOs are scheduled to appear, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., told reporters Tuesday.
The FTC is examining Alphabet, Amazon and Microsoft to see if they are unfairly exerting undue control over AI markets, Chair Lina Khan announced Thursday.
Parents aren't the only ones responsible for protecting their children online, and social media companies should do more as their safety obligations evolve with the rise of AI, NTIA Administrator Alan Davidson said Monday.
Senate committees will take a proactive stance on AI legislation in 2024 now that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has wrapped up his AI forums, Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., told us last week.
Congress should “enshrine” the consumer welfare standard into law and defend companies against the White House's aggressive attack on acquisitions, former FTC Commissioner Christine Wilson said Thursday.
Generative AI is expanding Big Tech’s data monopoly and worsening news outlets' financial crisis, Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Josh Hawley, R-Mo., agreed Wednesday while hearing testimony about The New York Times Co. (NYT) lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI.
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., told us Tuesday he remains opposed to confirmation of FTC nominee Andrew Ferguson and is awaiting outreach from Ferguson and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. In interviews Tuesday Republicans offered varying opinions about Hawley’s dispute with McConnell (see 2312200052).
Statistics suggest antitrust enforcement by the FTC and DOJ hasn’t been markedly different from previous administrations, but the numbers don’t fully capture the deterrent effect of policies championed by FTC Chair Lina Khan and DOJ Antitrust Division Chief Jonathan Kanter, antitrust experts told us in interviews.
The FTC’s proposed changes to online privacy rules could restrict access for children to services and products, an advertising group said in response to the agency’s effort to update the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) (see 2312200050). Yet as they gear up for a renewed policy debate in 2024, child-safety advocates told us the proposed changes are an overdue response to a rapidly evolving market overcome with AI technology.