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Technology, AI & Privacy
Artificial intelligence, data privacy, broadband, cybersecurity, and platform regulation.
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Officials on Technology, AI & Privacy
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| DMark R. Warner | 5 | 100% | 4 |
| DRichard Blumenthal | 4 | 100% | 4 |
| DEdward J. Markey | 4 | 100% | 4 |
| RJon Husted | 3 | 100% | 2 |
| DRon Wyden | 3 | 100% | 3 |
| DAmy Klobuchar | 3 | 67% | 3 |
| RMike DeWine | 3 | — | 3 |
| DChristopher A. Coons | 2 | 100% | 2 |
| DMaria Cantwell | 2 | 0% | 2 |
| RLindsey Graham | 2 | 0% | 2 |
| RMarsha Blackburn | 2 | — | 2 |
| RBill Lee | 2 | — | 2 |
| RMike Lee | 2 | — | 2 |
| DTim Walz | 2 | — | 2 |
| RAshley Moody | 2 | — | 2 |
| DGary C. Peters | 1 | 100% | 1 |
| RMike Rounds | 1 | 100% | 1 |
| RJerry Moran | 1 | 100% | 1 |
| DFrank Pallone, Jr. | 1 | 100% | 1 |
| DMichael F. Bennet | 1 | 0% | 1 |
| RBrad Little | 1 | 0% | 1 |
| RDan Sullivan | 1 | 0% | 1 |
| RJosh Hawley | 1 | 0% | 1 |
| RJoe Lombardo | 1 | 0% | 1 |
| DJoe Biden | 1 | 0% | 0 |
| DMargaret Wood Hassan | 1 | 0% | 1 |
| RTed Cruz | 1 | — | 1 |
| RShelley Moore Capito | 1 | — | 1 |
| RTom Emmer | 1 | — | 1 |
| DChristopher Murphy | 1 | — | 1 |
| DAdam B. Schiff | 1 | — | 1 |
| DBrian Schatz | 1 | — | 1 |
| RDeb Fischer | 1 | — | 1 |
| RKatie Boyd Britt | 1 | — | 1 |
| RChuck Grassley | 1 | — | 1 |
| IAngus S. King, Jr. | 1 | — | 1 |
| RThom Tillis | 1 | — | 1 |
| RKay Ivey | 1 | — | 1 |
| RSarah Huckabee Sanders | 1 | — | 1 |
| DMikie Sherrill | 1 | — | 1 |
| DMichelle Lujan Grisham | 1 | — | 1 |
| DWes Moore | 1 | — | 1 |
| RGreg Abbott | 1 | — | 1 |
| DCory A. Booker | 1 | — | 1 |
| DMark Kelly | 1 | — | 1 |
Positions on record
- Jon HustedStated position
Authored and is championing the CHAT Act, which would require AI companion chatbot operators to verify users' ages, bar minors from sexually explicit content, and obtain verifiable parental consent for minors.
View position & sources → - Michael F. BennetStated position
Require AI chatbots to flag messages from kids expressing suicidal ideation or an intention to harm others.
View position & sources → - Cory A. BookerStated position
Booker committed to advancing the REDACT Act, which would allow Jeffrey Epstein case survivors to seek court orders and damages when the Department of Justice fails to redact their personally identifiable information, and would strengthen DOJ accountability for future privacy breaches.
View position & sources → - Marsha BlackburnStated position
Blackburn committed to continue pushing to pass the stronger Senate version of the Kids Online Safety Act, rejecting what she called weaker reforms after the House passed a modified version.
View position & sources → - Mark R. WarnerStated position
Introduce the AI Labeling Act (with Sens. Brian Schatz and John Curtis) to require clear disclosure and provenance labeling of AI-generated content, with anti-circumvention rules.
View position & sources → - Deb FischerStated position
Committed to move her broadband map oversight bill (strengthening FCC oversight of the Broadband Funding Map and safeguarding taxpayer dollars) through to enactment, delivering it to the president's desk.
View position & sources → - Tim WalzStated position
Proposed establishing a new Governor's Council on the future AI economy.
No primary source on file — not verified against the record
View position & sources → - Tim WalzStated position
Proposed a new tax on large social media / big-tech companies (levied on the companies, not users).
No primary source on file — not verified against the record
View position & sources → - Edward J. MarkeyStated position
Committed to advancing his Youth AI Privacy Act to bar manipulative engagement tactics and impose privacy safeguards on AI chatbots used by children.
View position & sources → - Mark R. WarnerStated position
Join the bipartisan Kids Off Social Media Act, which sets a minimum age of 13 for social media accounts and bars algorithmically targeted content to users under 17.
View position & sources → - Mike LeeStated position
Committed, via his bipartisan Government Surveillance Reform Act, to condition any reauthorization of FISA Section 702 on adding warrant requirements and statutory penalties for privacy violations.
View position & sources → - Mike DeWineStated position
Asked the Ohio General Assembly to pass legislation making it illegal to possess, create, or distribute child sexual abuse material (child pornography) created by Artificial Intelligence.
View position & sources → - Mike DeWineStated position
Asked the Ohio General Assembly to pass a law requiring cell phone and tech companies to automatically implement parental control features so parents can monitor and control what content their children use, when, and for how long.
View position & sources → - Mike DeWineStated position
Asked the Ohio General Assembly to pass a law holding tech companies criminally and civilly accountable when their Artificial Intelligence encourages, assists, or instructs anyone to harm or kill themselves or others, giving the Attorney General and county prosecutors clear legal tools.
View position & sources → - Ashley MoodyStated position
Committed to passing her James T. Woods Act, which she is advancing with Rep. Laurel Lee, to criminalize sextortion and intentional threats to distribute child sexual abuse material.
View position & sources → - Maria CantwellStated position
Championed the bipartisan Future of AI Innovation Act to develop voluntary AI standards, new assessment tools, and testing infrastructure aimed at keeping the United States the global leader in AI-driven innovation and competitiveness.
View position & sources → - Wes MooreStated position
Invest $4 million to give Maryland workers hands-on training to succeed in the AI economy.
View position & sources → - Adam B. SchiffStated position
Advance the bipartisan CLEAR Act to require transparency in AI model development and protect the intellectual property and livelihoods of creators and artists.
View position & sources → - Bill LeeStated position
Invest $50 million to make Tennessee a national leader in adopting artificial intelligence technology in state government.
View position & sources → - Bill LeeStated position
Invest $20 million to accelerate Tennessee's quantum computing industry and attract federal and private-sector investment.
View position & sources → - Mikie SherrillStated position
Protect children online and improve children's mental health by directing state agencies to coordinate on online safety, including a new Office of Youth Online Mental Health Safety within the Department of Health.
View position & sources → - Michelle Lujan GrishamStated position
Provide $150 million in tax credits to support future-forward technologies such as quantum and fusion energy.
View position & sources → - Kay IveyStated position
Ivey stated that under the state's broadband plan, 100 percent of Alabama would soon have access to an internet service provider.
No primary source on file — not verified against the record
View position & sources → - Ashley MoodyStated position
Pledged full support to pass the Sunset Section 230 Act, which would end broad tech-platform liability immunity, stating the goal of protecting children online.
View position & sources → - Marsha BlackburnStated position
In the Senate, Blackburn committed to introduce the TRUMP AMERICA AI Act to create a single federal regulatory framework ('one federal rulebook') for artificial intelligence.
View position & sources → - Lindsey GrahamStated position
Pass the Sunset Section 230 Act to repeal Section 230 liability immunity for social media companies two years after enactment so that people harmed online can sue the platforms.
View position & sources → - Richard BlumenthalStated position
Committed to repealing Big Tech's Section 230 legal immunity through the bipartisan Sunset Section 230 Act, which would sunset the liability shield two years after enactment unless platforms agree to reforms, so that people harmed online can sue.
View position & sources → - Edward J. MarkeyStated position
Pledged to use "every tool available" to challenge the Trump administration's executive order imposing a moratorium on state and local regulation of artificial intelligence.
View position & sources → - Mark KellyStated position
Introduced the Advanced Artificial Intelligence Security Readiness Act to direct the NSA's AI Security Center to develop and disseminate security guidance that identifies vulnerabilities and protects U.S. advanced AI systems and supply chains from foreign adversaries.
View position & sources → - Ted CruzStated position
Committed to advancing his SANDBOX Act as the first step of a proposed light-touch federal framework creating a regulatory 'sandbox' that lets AI developers test and launch technologies with modified federal rules.
View position & sources → - Shelley Moore CapitoStated position
Committed to press the Trump administration to deliver West Virginia's full $1.2 billion BEAD broadband allocation.
View position & sources → - Chuck GrassleyStated position
Committed to advancing the reintroduced STOP CSAM Act to hold technology companies accountable for online child sexual abuse material and secure justice for victims.
View position & sources → - Richard BlumenthalStated position
Pledged to enact the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) into law, legislation that would impose a duty of care and new safety/privacy requirements on online platforms used by minors. Blumenthal, a lead sponsor with Sen. Marsha Blackburn, has reintroduced the bill each Congress and committed to making it law.
View position & sources → - Mark R. WarnerStated position
Reintroduce the ACCESS Act to require the largest social media platforms to make user data portable and their services interoperable so startups can compete on equal terms.
View position & sources → - Thom TillisStated position
Committed to making passage of patent eligibility reform (the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act, which he reintroduced with Sen. Chris Coons) one of his top legislative priorities.
View position & sources → - Ron WydenStated position
Vowed to block the Senate confirmation of CISA director nominee Sean Plankey until the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency publicly releases its 2022 unclassified report on security flaws in U.S. telephone networks.
View position & sources → - Tom EmmerStated position
Pass the Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act (H.R.1919) into law to permanently prohibit the Federal Reserve from issuing, developing, testing, or implementing a central bank digital currency (CBDC) directly to individuals.
View position & sources → - Edward J. MarkeyStated position
Committed to passing his Children and Teens' Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0), which would ban targeted advertising to teens and update online data-privacy rules for minors.
View position & sources → - Mike LeeStated position
Introduced the Saving Privacy Act, committing to end federal government surveillance of Americans' financial activities and keep agencies within constitutional bounds.
View position & sources → - Christopher A. CoonsStated position
Reintroduced the bipartisan RESTORE Patent Rights Act of 2025 to restore the presumption that courts will issue injunctions against patent infringers, reversing the effect of the 2006 Supreme Court decision eBay v. MercExchange.
View position & sources → - Mark R. WarnerStated position
Lead legislation (with Sen. Jerry Moran) to prevent federal broadband deployment grants from being taxed so the full amount goes toward expanding high-speed internet access.
View position & sources → - Katie Boyd BrittStated position
Committed to passing the Kids Off Social Media Act, which would set a minimum age of 13 to hold a social media account and bar platforms from feeding algorithmically targeted content to users under 17.
View position & sources → - Angus S. King, Jr.Stated position
Cosponsored the Kids Off Social Media Act to set a minimum age of 13 for social media accounts and restrict algorithmically targeted content to users under age 17.
View position & sources → - Greg AbbottStated position
Create a Texas Cyber Command to defend state systems against cyberattacks, declaring it an emergency item.
View position & sources → - Christopher MurphyStated position
Advance the Kids Off Social Media Act, bipartisan legislation he co-introduced to set a minimum social media age of 13 and bar algorithmic content targeting for users under 17.
View position & sources → - Brian SchatzStated position
Pass the Kids Off Social Media Act to set a minimum age of 13 to use social media platforms and to bar companies from feeding algorithmically-targeted content to users under 17.
View position & sources → - Jon HustedStated position
Ahead of taking his Senate seat, stated his priority to ensure America retains technological superiority and that people are protected from the 'insidious nature of technology.'
No primary source on file — not verified against the record
View position & sources → - Sarah Huckabee SandersStated position
Committed to update the Social Media Safety Act (to survive court challenge) and give parents the right to sue Big Tech companies under state law.
View position & sources → - Brad LittleStated position
Add cybersecurity resources to strengthen Idaho's defenses against foreign hackers from China and Russia.
View position & sources → - Amy KlobucharStated position
Advance and enact the Kids Online Safety Act to require online platforms to protect minors and give parents more control over their children's data. (Statement following Senate passage of the children's online safety/privacy legislation package in 2024.)
View position & sources → - Mike RoundsStated position
Rounds committed to continue working with colleagues to study artificial intelligence and enact policies to support its growth and mitigate its risks, introducing a package of five AI bills toward that end.
View position & sources → - Christopher A. CoonsStated position
Introduced the bipartisan NO FAKES Act to create federal liability for producing or hosting unauthorized AI-generated digital replicas of a person's voice or visual likeness, and to require online platforms to remove such replicas upon notice.
View position & sources → - Maria CantwellStated position
Committed to establishing a national data privacy standard through the American Privacy Rights Act, which she co-authored — giving Americans the right to control their personal data, limit data collection, opt out of targeted advertising, and sue companies that violate their privacy.
No primary source on file — not verified against the record
View position & sources → - Ron WydenStated position
Committed, through the Government Surveillance Reform Act, to restore warrant protections and reform Section 702 surveillance so it creates stronger privacy protections for law-abiding Americans.
View position & sources → - Ron WydenStated position
Committed, through the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act, to close the data-broker loophole by requiring the government to obtain a court order before purchasing Americans' personal data.
View position & sources → - Jerry MoranStated position
Pledged to use his Appropriations Subcommittee and Commerce Committee roles to conduct continued oversight of federal broadband deployment programs after $451 million in broadband funding was awarded to Kansas.
View position & sources → - Margaret Wood HassanStated position
Committed to modernize outdated federal government IT systems through bipartisan legislation to strengthen cybersecurity and save taxpayer dollars.
View position & sources → - Richard BlumenthalStated position
Introduced (with Sen. Josh Hawley) the No Section 230 Immunity for AI Act, committing to strip Section 230 liability protection from AI companies so they can be sued for harms caused by generative AI products.
View position & sources → - Lindsey GrahamStated position
Reintroduce and pass the EARN IT Act to remove blanket Section 230 legal immunity from tech platforms for child sexual abuse material and let victims and families take legal action.
View position & sources → - Amy KlobucharStated position
Pass the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act to let local and smaller news organizations jointly negotiate for fair compensation from dominant online platforms that profit from their news content.
View position & sources → - Josh HawleyStated position
Pass the MATURE Act to set a minimum age of 16 for social media accounts and require platforms to verify users' age.
View position & sources → - Dan SullivanStated position
Work with the Alaska Legislature in the coming years to expand broadband/internet connectivity for rural Alaska.
View position & sources → - Joe LombardoStated position
Make a $400 million investment in broadband to accelerate statewide connectivity, particularly for rural Nevada.
View position & sources → - Edward J. MarkeyStated position
Committed, through his Net Neutrality and Broadband Justice Act, to reinstate net neutrality by classifying broadband as a Title II telecommunications service and restoring FCC authority over it.
View position & sources → - Frank Pallone, Jr.Stated position
Enact comprehensive federal online consumer data-privacy protections as sponsor of the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (H.R. 8152), establishing data-minimization requirements, individual rights to access, correct and delete personal data, and limits on transfers of sensitive data.
View position & sources → - Gary C. PetersStated position
Committed to keep urging the House to pass the Strengthening American Cybersecurity Act, which requires critical-infrastructure operators to report major cyberattacks and ransom payments to the federal government.
View position & sources → - Amy KlobucharStated position
Enact the American Innovation and Choice Online Act to bar dominant digital platforms from unfairly preferencing their own products and services, restoring competition and consumer choice online.
View position & sources → - Richard BlumenthalStated position
Committed to hold Facebook and other Big Tech companies accountable through congressional action and reform legislation, following whistleblower Frances Haugen's disclosures about harms to children and teens.
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