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Technology, AI & Privacy

38
tracked promises
60%
of scored promises kept
37
stated positions
37/0
declared / inferred
27
officials on record

Officials on Technology, AI & Privacy

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.

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  • Michael F. BennetStated position

    Require AI chatbots to flag messages from kids expressing suicidal ideation or an intention to harm others.

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  • Tim WalzStated position

    Proposed establishing a new Governor's Council on the future AI economy.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • Bill LeeStated position

    Invest $50 million to make Tennessee a national leader in adopting artificial intelligence technology in state government.

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  • Bill LeeStated position

    Invest $20 million to accelerate Tennessee's quantum computing industry and attract federal and private-sector investment.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • Shelley Moore CapitoStated position

    Committed to press the Trump administration to deliver West Virginia's full $1.2 billion BEAD broadband allocation.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • Mike LeeStated position

    Introduced the Saving Privacy Act, committing to end federal government surveillance of Americans' financial activities and keep agencies within constitutional bounds.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.'

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  • 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.

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  • Brad LittleStated position

    Add cybersecurity resources to strengthen Idaho's defenses against foreign hackers from China and Russia.

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  • 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.)

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • Dan SullivanStated position

    Work with the Alaska Legislature in the coming years to expand broadband/internet connectivity for rural Alaska.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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