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FLOOR ALERT: VOTE NO – H.R. 7757, the “KIDS Act”
HOLLOW BILL IMPEDES REAL PROTECTIONS FOR KIDS, CREATES PREEMPTION BACKDOOR OPPOSED BY 100 BIPARTISAN KIDS ONLINE SAFETY CHAMPIONS American Federation of Teachers (AFT) – U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops – NAACP – Design It For Us – Common Sense Media – Consumer Federation of America – Demand Progress – Public Citizen – Mothers Against Media […]
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ICYMI: WSJ: Meta Tried to Silence Her. Now She’s Suing.
Filing documents over a year of harassment by Meta lawyers, including photographing her without her knowledge and tracking her around the country WASHINGTON, DC – Today, The Tech Oversight Project spotlighted reporting from the Wall Street Journal on Sarah Wynn-Williams’s bombshell lawsuit against Meta alleging a year of harassment, stalking, and privacy violations in the […]
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The Tech Oversight Project Calls on Gov. Hochul to Sign New York’s Nation-Leading Youth Chatbot Safety Bill
The Tech Oversight Project today applauded the New York State Legislature’s unanimous final passage of the nation-leading youth chatbot safety bill (S.9051/A.10379), sponsored by State Senator Kristen Gonzalez and Assemblymember Alex Bores and developed in cooperation with Attorney General Letitia James. “In a year when Big Tech killed or gutted chatbot safety bills in state […]
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TOP-PPP POLL: Obernolte and Trahan’s Constituents Oppose Their Efforts to Weaken AI Laws
Results showed a wide majority of Obernolte and Trahan’s respective constituents oppose efforts to weaken AI catastrophic risk protection and water down chatbot safety laws View the CA-23 results here View the MA-3 results here WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, The Tech Oversight Project released surveys from Republican Congressman Jay Obernolte’s (CA-23) and Democratic Congresswoman Lori Trahan’s […]
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The Tech Oversight Project Calls Out OpenAI’s AI Super PAC Lies
OpenAI’s latest attempt to distance itself from the AI super PAC its president founded, funded, and is using to target pro-AI safety candidates WASHINGTON, DC – Today, The Tech Oversight Project called out OpenAI’s outright lies about the role it played in creating Leading the Future, the AI super PAC spending millions to block the strongest […]
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Tech Oversight Project Statement on Big Tech’s MDL Settlement
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, The Tech Oversight Project issued the following statement in response to news that Meta had joined Google, TikTok, and Snap in settling the first federal school district bellwether case, which the Big Tech defendants had chosen as the first case among hundreds of districts at trial. The next upcoming case in the federal […]
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OpenAI’s ChatGPT Encouraged School Shooter to Target Children
OpenAI’s products endanger public safety; Congress must act The Tech Oversight Project called on Congress to act after the new revelation that OpenAI’s ChatGPT advised the culprit in the deadly Florida State University attack that a mass shooting would get more attention from the media if it involved several children. “While Congress should continue quickly […]
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The Tech Oversight Project Slams Meta for Requesting Judge Throw Out Social Media Addiction Verdict
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, The Tech Oversight Project issued the following statement after it became public that Meta requested the judge throw out the ruling in the K.G.M. trial, the first bellwether of the state social media addiction trials. After months of testimony from Meta executives like CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Instagram Chief Adam Mosseri, a […]
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The Tech Oversight Project Applauds Unanimous Passage of Groundbreaking Chatbot Protections by Key Senate Committee
Judiciary Committee Sends GUARD Act to Senate Floor with Resounding Vote The Tech Oversight Project today applauded the Senate Judiciary Committee for its unanimous passage of S.3062, the GUARD Act, which would address urgent harms created by unregulated AI by stopping Big Tech’s targeting of kids and teens with predatory companion chatbots. “We applaud Senators […]
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The Tech Oversight Project Endorses the GUARD Act
TOP joins the coalition of over 60+ children’s safety, survivor-led, civil society, and tech watchdog organizations supporting the bill WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, ahead of a key markup in the Senate Judiciary Committee, The Tech Oversight Project endorsed S.3062, the GUARD Act. The bill, led by Senators Josh Hawley (R-MO), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Katie Britt (R-AL), […]
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The Tech Oversight Project Calls Out Big Tech’s $100M AI Preemption Campaign
Coalition of parents, children’s safety, environmental, AI safety, and watchdog groups call on members to disavow AI super PAC support WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, The Tech Oversight Project called out Big Tech’s toxic money as new Federal Election Commission filings became public. The findings show that a small group of billionaire Big Tech executives […]
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COALITION LETTER: Disavow Support from Trump-Backed AI Super PACs
Watchdogs, Children’s Online Safety Groups call out Leading the Future’s Trump connections and dangers to children and teens onlineWashington, D.C. – Today, The Tech Oversight Project, alongside 13 children’s online safety, disability rights, tech watchdog, and AI safety organizations, is urging Democratic Members of Congress, including Rep. Clarke, Gottheimer, Gomez, Liccardo, and Subramanyam, to disavow the […]
