The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday voted 35-2 to advance legislation requiring members of the intelligence community to obtain a warrant when targeting Americans using foreign intelligence surveillance authority (see 2312050054).
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Creating a domestic warrant requirement for the FBI’s foreign intelligence surveillance authority would “paralyze” efforts to thwart “fast-moving threats” abroad, FBI Director Christopher Wray told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.
The prospect of seeking unanimous consent for kids’ privacy legislation spurred further negotiation on the bills, so the Senate Commerce Committee will hold off initiating a hotline process, Chair Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., told us last week.
The House Judiciary Committee plans to mark up legislation Wednesday reauthorizing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, told us last week (see 2311280042).
House Republicans are again issuing “baseless subpoenas” to appease their “far-right base,” the White House said Thursday after the House Judiciary Committee sought to compel testimony in its investigation over claims the Biden administration colluded with Big Tech to censor social media content.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is “genuinely a hero,” ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt said Tuesday while discussing Altman’s recent ouster and reinstatement at the company (see 2311170065).
Snap CEO Evan Spiegel will appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee, the company said Monday after it announced subpoenas seeking testimony from Snap, X and Discord about children's online safety. The committee also said it’s in discussions about potential voluntary testimony from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew.
President Joe Biden’s executive order on AI (see 2310300056) didn’t include FTC recommendations the agency wasn’t already exploring, Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya said Wednesday.
DOJ’s effort to update U.S. antitrust policies with the FTC could have the opposite intended effect and undermine competition, party leaders on the House Antitrust Subcommittee said Tuesday.
Repealing Section 230 isn’t the “right answer” for holding tech platforms accountable, Senate Commerce Committee ranking member Ted Cruz, R-Texas, told us last week.