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Senate Commerce Committee chair Maria Cantwell upended privacy bills for years
Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell is closing in on a historic online privacy law, but many aides say she’s been one of its biggest obstacles for years.
As the Senate Commerce Committee chair, Cantwell has unusual power to regulate the tech industry’s abuses, but her panel’s track record is sparse:Of dozens of bills introduced to address privacy, content moderation, even artificial intelligence, few have advanced. It’s a trend several aides said they fear will be repeated in other negotiations, including over the fate of a recently passed House bill targeting TikTok, the popular video-sharing app, which has been besieged by allegations that its China-based parent, ByteDance, poses a national security risk. In a statement, top House Energy and Commerce Democrat Frank Pallone Jr. (N.J.) said: “Senator Cantwell and I have both passed legislation out of our committees that would finally begin to hold Big Tech accountable, but getting them across the finish line is challenging.
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