US Senate
Sen Thune, Senate Republican Leaders Introduce Political BIAS Emails Act (US Senate)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 06/15/2022 - 13:01Senators Introduce Legislation to Ban Data Brokers from Selling Americans' Location and Health Data (US Senate)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 06/15/2022 - 13:01Lawmakers urge Google to stop collecting location data that could be used to identify people seeking abortions (US Senate)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Tue, 05/24/2022 - 20:53Senators call on Federal Trade Commission to protect the mobile location data of people seeking abortions (US Senate)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Tue, 05/24/2022 - 07:00Senators Introduce Competition and Transparency in Digital Advertising Act
Sens Mike Lee (R-UT), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ted Cruz (R-TX), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) have introduced the Competition and Transparency in Digital Advertising Act. The bill would restore and protect competition in digital advertising by eliminating conflicts of interest that have allowed the leading platforms in the market to manipulate ad auctions and impose monopoly rents on a broad swath of the US economy.
Sens Bennet, King and Portman Celebrate Funding to Deliver Affordable, High-Speed Internet to Every American (US Senate)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Sun, 05/15/2022 - 14:21Sen Bennet Introduces the Digital Platform Commission Act
Sen Michael Bennet (D-CO) introduced the Digital Platform Commission Act, the first-ever legislation in Congress to create an expert federal body empowered to provide comprehensive, sector-specific regulation of digital platforms to protect consumers, promote competition, and defend the public interest.