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Kids safety bills pushed as FAA bill amendments |
Senators are trying to add bills that are aimed at boosting kids online safety into a must-pass Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization act. |
Two bills aimed at increasing safety of minors online through data privacy updates and rules to limit potentially harmful features are being put forward as amendments to be added to the FAA reauthorization that must pass ahead of a May 10 deadline. Sens. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) filed their bill COPPA 2.0, which would update the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, as an amendment to the FAA bill Thursday. "Today, Senator Cassidy and I filed COPPA 2.0 as an amendment to the FAA bill because we have waited far too long to protect children and teens' privacy in this country," Markey said in a statement. "We need to stop Big Tech's invasive and pernicious business model that tracks and targets our young people online. Big Tech has contributed to the youth mental crisis, and it's time Congress did something about it," he added. The bill aims to increase data privacy for children online by adding regulations around how data from users aged 16 and under is collected and used by tech companies. It would also ban targeted ads for minors. Another bill, the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), was put forward as an amendment to the FAA by Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) on Wednesday, a spokesperson for Blackburn confirmed. The spokesperson said the two senators are pursuing "all possible paths to see KOSA signed into law," including by attaching it to the upcoming FAA reauthorization. Read more in a full report at TheHill.com. |
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A bipartisan group of senators called on the chamber's leaders to use the upcoming Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) re-authorization bill to restrict the use of facial recognition technology at airports throughout the country. In a letter on Thursday to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), 14 senators cited concerns about potential violations of people's privacy … |
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| The Senate on Wednesday took the first step toward passing a five-year reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the final must-pass piece of legislation until the fall. Senators voted 89 to 10 to overcome the first procedural hurdle and move toward consideration of the package ahead of the May 10 deadline. "Both parties have an incentive to work together to get FAA done as quickly and as smoothly as we … |
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Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Angus King (I-Maine) pressed the Biden administration for information Wednesday on how it is addressing Iran's use of cryptocurrency mining to evade sanctions. "Iran has raised millions of dollars through mining crypto—a steady revenue source that allows it to purchase imports, move funds domestically and internationally, and fund Hamas and other terrorist organizations," the senators said … |
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Microsoft bars US police from using AI service |
Microsoft has updated the terms of service for Azure OpenAI to prohibit U.S. police departments from using the artificial intelligence (AI) service, TechCrunch reported. |
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Peloton to lay off 15 percent of workforce |
Peloton plans to cut 15 percent of its workforce, or about 400 employees, after several rounds of layoffs in recent years, The Verge reported. |
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Apple suffers 10% drop in quarterly iPhone sales to start the year, biggest drop since pandemic |
Apple on Thursday disclosed its steepest quarterly decline in iPhone sales since the pandemic's outset, deepening a slump that's increasing the pressure on the trendsetting company to spruce up its products with more artificial intelligence. The 10% drop in year-over-year iPhone sales for the January-March … |
PARIS (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida unveiled an international framework for regulation and use of generative AI on Thursday, adding to global efforts on governance for the rapidly advancing technology. Kishida made the announcement in a speech at the Paris-based Organization for Economic … |
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