House Republican leadership removed Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., as top Republican on the House Antitrust Subcommittee to punish him for his bipartisan antitrust efforts, House Antitrust Subcommittee ranking member David Cicilline, D-R.I., told us this week.
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The House Commerce Committee is talking to Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and incoming ranking member Ted Cruz, R-Texas, to advance privacy legislation negotiations, House Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., told us Wednesday.
The House Commerce Committee will explore ways to combat illegal online drug sales and the liability protections potentially facilitating the activity, said Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., Wednesday.
The University of Oklahoma is reconsidering its ban of the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok on university-issued devices and networks, the school said in a statement Friday.
A Democratic bill filed in New Hampshire that would treat social media platforms as common carriers and require them to carry speech violates the First Amendment, tech industry associations told New Hampshire’s House Judiciary Committee during a hearing Thursday.
NTIA requested comment Wednesday on a potential response to data privacy harms inflicted on “marginalized” and “underserved communities.” NTIA Administrator Alan Davidson said the agency will explore the intersection between privacy and civil rights, including digital discrimination impacting economic and social opportunity.
Congress needs to come together to establish national privacy standards, President Joe Biden and House Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., said separately Wednesday, renewing attention to an issue that saw bipartisan progress in 2022.
Senate Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chair Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., last week told us he’s in favor of Congress considering banning TikTok across the U.S., a concept that’s gaining bipartisan interest after Congress banned the app on federal devices.
The bipartisan trio behind legislation that would ban TikTok in the U.S. will reintroduce the bill in 2023 and push hard for the support of Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Mark Warner, D-Va., said Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., in an interview (see 2212130068). Congress included a provision in its must-pass omnibus spending bill that would ban the Chinese-owned social media app on federal devices, and several states have enacted government bans.
Senate Republicans welcomed bipartisan legislation Tuesday that would ban TikTok from operating in the U.S. Democrats were less enthusiastic, though Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., said he’s willing to explore the idea.