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Sen. Bennet Urges Companies to Consider ‘Alarming’ Child Safety Risks in AI Chatbot Race

Several leading tech companies have rushed to integrate their own AI-powered applications

Defense

Bret Swanson: Censors Target Internet Talkers With AI Truth Scores

Conservative podcasters were 11 times more likely than liberal podcasters to share claims fact-checked as false.

Social Media

Bipartisan Alarm Over Social Media’s Harms to Children Prompts Slew of Proposed Legislation

Bills ranged from addressing intermediary liability to limiting personal data collection.

FCC

GOP Congresswoman Says FCC Puts Politics Over the Law

‘Our founders provided Congress with legislative authority to ensure lawmaking is done by elected officials, not unaccountable bureaucrats.’

FCC

FCC Requires Telecom Companies to Let Subscribers Text to Suicide Prevention Hotline

The measure would increase access for those seeking emergency mental health assistance.

House

House Democrats Call to Increase Funding for Coronavirus Testing and Tracing

July 20, 2020 — As the United States fosters record breaking infection rates of COVID-19 and looks toward a second wave, it is clear that the crisis will be continuing for some time to come, said members of Congress on Monday. In a conference call sponsored by the New Democrat Coalition, representat

Health

Early Coronavirus Testing Insufficient, Regulatory Barriers Too Strict, says CATO

June 9, 2020 — Diagnostic testing for the coronavirus was severely lacking when the virus reached the United States, and this could have been avoided by loosening regulatory barriers, said participants in a Cato Institute webinar Monday. The United States’ response to the global coronavirus threat

COVID

The Right Response to Pandemic: How Taiwan Has Gone Five Days with Zero Coronavirus Cases

April 30, 2020 – On the last day of 2019, “No More Pipe,” a user on PPT Boards, Taiwan’s version of Reddit, reposted a message by a Dr. Li Wenliang that warned about a respiratory disease spreading in Wuhan, China. At around the same time, Luo Yi-jun, was unable to sleep. The deputy director for […]