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CT Senate Passes Sweeping Consumer Protection Bill The Connecticut Senate passed an expansive consumer protection bill ( SB 5 ). Among other things, the measure would require service providers such as...
Social Media Warning Label Legislation Catching on in States Although Congress hasn’t responded to former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy’s call last June to take up legislation requiring...
OR Lawmakers Pass Age Discrimination Bill Oregon’s legislature passed a bill ( HB 3187 ) that would prohibit an employer from requesting an applicant’s age, date of birth or date of graduation...
WI Assembly Passes Multiple Healthcare Bills Wisconsin’s Assembly passed multiple healthcare-related bills with broad bipartisan support. One ( AB 43 ) would allow pharmacists to prescribe birth...
A nightmare may be coming to life for social media companies in Minnesota. There, Democrats in the state Legislature have embraced a pioneering bill, SB 3197 , which seeks to levy the nation’s...
U.S. Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) introduced a resolution last week calling on Congress to establish a nonpartisan commission to make recommendations about how to regulate artificial intelligence. What made the bill unusual was that it was written entirely by the online AI chatbot ChatGPT, which has been drawing a lot of attention lately. Lieu gave the chatbot a simple prompt: “You are Congressman Ted Lieu. Write a comprehensive congressional resolution generally expressing support for Congress to focus on AI.” And a few minutes later he had his resolution.
In a recent New York Times op-ed, Lieu wrote that as one of only three members of Congress with a degree in computer science, he’s “enthralled by A.I. and excited about the incredible ways it will continue to advance society,” but as a congressman, he’s also “freaked out by A.I., specifically A.I. that is left unchecked and unregulated.” (NBC NEWS, TWITTER, NEW YORK TIMES)
The attorneys general of California, Colorado, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Tennessee and Virginia joined the Department of Justice in suing Google over its alleged monopolistic control of digital advertising. According to the complaint filed last week in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Google holds a “stranglehold” on the high-tech tools that allow advertisers to match ads to users. (PLURIBUS NEWS, CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE)
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) and Attorney General Sean Reyes (R) announced last week they intend to sue social media companies over harm they’ve allegedly caused to children. Lawmakers in the state are also reportedly working on legislation that would regulate youth access to social media websites. (PLURIBUS NEWS)
Meta announced last week that it is going to let former President Donald Trump return to its Facebook and Instagram platforms. The news comes two years after Trump was banned from Facebook, Twitter and YouTube in connection with the January 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol. (CNBC)
—Compiled by KOREY CLARK
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