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Ben Brody

@benbrodydc
30 posts
2026-03-06
The Senate passes COPPA 2.0 by unanimous consent! Sponsor Ed Markey, who made the request, slammed the version that the House is marking up as weak and partisan. Rep. Castor announces it as good news in the markup
2026-03-06 View on X
Engadget

The US Senate passed COPPA 2.0 again, which would create new protections for young users online; the bill now heads to the House, where it has struggled to pass

The measure for protecting children and teens' personal data could once more fail in the House.  —  Today the US Senate unanimously …

2026-02-21
Response to the tariffs ruling from the tech sector so far seems to be: keep up pressure on “discrimination” against sector abroad with targeted measures but also WHEW!
2026-02-21 View on X
Barron's Online

Tech stocks rose slightly from their morning lows on Friday after the Supreme Court ruled that Trump lacked the authority to impose sweeping global tariffs

what it means for AppleMichael Kan /PCMag:Supreme Court Kills Trump's Reciprocal Tariffs. Will Companies Get Reimbursed?Piero Cingari /Benzinga:Supreme Court Rules Against Trump's ...

Response to the tariffs ruling from the tech sector so far seems to be: keep up pressure on “discrimination” against sector abroad with targeted measures but also WHEW!
2026-02-21 View on X
Wired

President Trump signs an EO to continue the suspension of the de minimis exemption, despite the SCOTUS' ruling that overturned most of Trump's 2025 tariffs

The president signed an executive order implementing 10 percent global tariffs after calling the justices who struck down his signature trade policy a “disgrace.”

2026-02-20
Response to the tariffs ruling from the tech sector so far seems to be: keep up pressure on “discrimination” against sector abroad with targeted measures but also WHEW!
2026-02-20 View on X
Barron's Online

Tech stocks rise slightly from their morning lows after the Supreme Court ruled that President Trump lacked the authority to impose sweeping global tariffs

Shares of tech goods makers rose off their morning lows on news of the high court's ruling.  Tech goods have been some of the least …

2026-01-14
Not surprisingly, Durbin is addressing the undressed X and Grok images that have been circulating. He says the company could be liable if DEFIANCE becomes law. It allows federal lawsuits by identifiable victims of a realistic “digital forgery”
2026-01-14 View on X
Bloomberg

The US Senate passes the Defiance Act that would let victims sue over nonconsensual, sexually explicit AI-generated images, amid furor over Grok images on X

The US Senate unanimously passed legislation Tuesday that would allow victims to sue over nonconsensual, sexually explicit AI-generated images …

2026-01-13
Not surprisingly, Durbin is addressing the undressed X and Grok images that have been circulating. He says the company could be liable if DEFIANCE becomes law. It allows federal lawsuits by identifiable victims of a realistic “digital forgery”
2026-01-13 View on X
Bloomberg

The US Senate passes the Defiance Act that would allow victims to sue over nonconsensual, sexually explicit AI-generated images, amid furor over Grok images

The US Senate unanimously passed legislation Tuesday that would allow victims to sue over nonconsensual, sexually explicit AI-generated images …

2025-12-24
Whoa, federal district court enjoins Texas smartphone age-verification law. Congress considering the issue too https://www.courtlistener.com/ ...
2025-12-24 View on X
The Verge

A US federal judge grants a temporary injunction blocking a Texas law requiring mobile app stores to verify users' ages from taking effect on January 1

Document #65 Ryan Mac / New York Times : Judge Blocks Texas Age-Verification Law for App Stores Anthony Kimery / Biometric Update : Judge blocks Texas app store age verification la...

2025-11-20
Yes a lot of folks downtown are hearing this. Specifically: * DOJ looking into states whose AI laws might get in the way of interstate commerce * FCC considers it in certain telecom funds * Commerce looking into laws that force models to alter “truth”
2025-11-20 View on X
The Verge

Draft executive order: President Trump plans to grant the US government sole power to regulate AI and create an “AI Litigation Task Force” overseen by the US AG

Trump is launching an all-out broadside against states with strict AI regulations

2025-10-21
Without mentioning @DavidSacks, Anthropic's @DarioAmodei is out with a blogpost on the “recent uptick in inaccurate claims about Anthropic's policy stances” https://www.anthropic.com/...
2025-10-21 View on X
CNBC

Dario Amodei addresses “inaccurate claims” about Anthropic's policy stances after David Sacks said the “real issue” is “Anthropic's agenda to backdoor Woke AI”

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei addressed “inaccurate claims” about the artificial intelligence …

2025-09-03
On Google, @SenAmyKlobuchar tells me she and her staff are still looking at the remedies decision that will allow the company to keep owning Chrome but says “it is a sign of why we need legislation that would make it all clear.”
2025-09-03 View on X
CNBC

US v. Google: a US federal judge rules that Google will not be required to divest Chrome or Android, but it must share Search data with rivals; GOOG jumps 8%+

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the company can keep its Chrome browser but will be barred from exclusive contracts and must share search data.

2025-08-16
And there it is, Hawley is officially requesting docs from Meta on the Reuters chatbot story
2025-08-16 View on X
CNBC

Senator Josh Hawley says he will investigate Meta after a report on its AI policy allowing sensual chats with kids, tells Meta to produce docs by September 19

Meta has clearly cleaned up its act. [image] Forums: r/technology : Meta backtracks on rules letting chatbots be creepy to kids

2025-07-24
Wow, a big thing the Action Plan didn't weigh in on was IP.  (They were leaving it to the courts.)  But Trump is jumping in, saying model developers can't pay for every piece of content they use for training
2025-07-24 View on X
Deadline

At an All-In Podcast summit, President Trump said forcing AI firms to pay for each copyrighted work is “not doable”, calling for “common sense” AI and IP rules

Donald Trump said that AI companies can't be expected to pay for the use of copyrighted content in their systems …

2025-07-23
“The Federal government should not allow AI-related Federal funding to be directed toward states with burdensome AI regulations that waste these funds, but should also not interfere with states' rights to pass prudent laws that are not unduly restrictive to innovation.”
2025-07-23 View on X
Bloomberg

The White House unveils the AI Action Plan, seeking to assert US dominance over China, including proposals to ease permitting for AI infrastructure projects

The Trump administration called for boosting artificial intelligence development in the US by loosening regulations and expanding energy supply …

The White House AI Action Plan is live https://www.whitehouse.gov/...
2025-07-23 View on X
Bloomberg

The White House unveils the AI Action Plan, seeking to assert US dominance over China, including proposals to ease permitting for AI infrastructure projects

The Trump administration called for boosting artificial intelligence development in the US by loosening regulations and expanding energy supply …

2025-05-16
The antitrust defense bar believes Kanter and Khan used Bloomberg as its preferred outlet to leak to. Either Slater has the same preference or Josh and Leah just continue to be frustratingly great reporters
2025-05-16 View on X
Bloomberg

Sources: the US DOJ is conducting a criminal antitrust probe into whether Live Nation and AEG illegally colluded on concert refunds at the start of the pandemic

Bloomberg : X: @matthewstoller and @benbrodydc See also Mediagazer X: Matt Stoller / @matthewstoller : A criminal antitrust probe of Live Nation-Ticketmaster? Yes please. https://...

2025-05-14
Breaking: KOSA is officially back. As expected, @MarshaBlackburn and @SenBlumenthal announce they're reintroducing the measure — the Musk-endorsed version from December. Plus, Apple's on board [image]
2025-05-14 View on X
The Verge

Senators Marsha Blackburn and Richard Blumenthal reintroduce the Kids Online Safety Act, mandating platforms like Meta to mitigate harms; Apple supports KOSA

Sens. Blackburn and Blumenthal are reintroducing the sweeping bill that failed in the eleventh hour last year.

2025-04-22
It doesn't say it but sure looks like a click-to-cancel issue, no?
2025-04-22 View on X
CNBC

The US FTC sues Uber, claiming the company charged for Uber One without consent, made it difficult to cancel, and failed to deliver promised savings

The Federal Trade Commission on Monday sued Uber, accusing the ride-hailing and delivery company of deceptive billing and cancellation practices tied to its subscription service.

2025-04-17
Interesting that @BasedMikeLee has actually already dropped the reintro of his digital ads breakup bill with the clerk (though I don't believe he's announced it). Feels like this Google decision is great PR for it https://www.congress.gov/...
2025-04-17 View on X
New York Times

A US judge says Google acted illegally to maintain a monopoly in some online advertising tech, the second time in a year a court found Google acted illegally

The ruling was the second time in a year that a federal court had found that Google had acted illegally to maintain its dominance.

2025-02-21
The key questions in the full request by Chair Ferguson on tech censorship circle around companies' public representations and the lack of competition, both key FTC issues
2025-02-21 View on X
Bloomberg

US FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson announces an inquiry into “Big Tech censorship”, which he calls “un-American” and “potentially illegal”, and seeks public comment

including ‘shadow banning’ Sean Burch / The Wrap : Trump-Appointed FTC Chair Launches Big Tech Inquiry for ‘Bullying’ and Censorship Sean Burch / TVNewsCheck : Trump-Appointed FTC ...

2025-01-21
If I'm reading this correctly, Trump has directed DOJ to not enforce TikTok law for 75 days so he can assess it, complete with non-enforcement letter and a warning to states/private parties https://www.whitehouse.gov/...
2025-01-21 View on X
NPR

Trump signs an EO seeking to pause the TikTok ban for 75 days, in a bid to give him time to negotiate a resolution and protect TikTok's providers from liability

President Trump signed an executive order on Monday seeking to hit pause on a law banning TikTok and to provide a liability shield …