Senate Panel Backs #GUARDAct , #AI #AgeVerification Bill

The #SenateJudiciaryCommittee voted 22-0 on Thursday to advance the #GUARD Act, a bill that would require AI #chatbot companies to verify the age of every American who wants to use them.

The legislation, sponsored by Senator #JoshHawley of #Missouri , sailed through committee with a tweet from its author celebrating the outcome.
#privacy #security

https://reclaimthenet.org/senate-panel-backs-guard-act-ai-age-verification-bill

Trump, McConnell, Roberts. That’s Not Rule of Law. It’s Rule by Law

The constitutional skids for Project 2025 have been greased by a Trumpian federal judiciary that is carrying out its own autocratic revolution

The Contrarian
Cory Booker To Hold “Spotlight” Hearing On Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger, Invites David Ellison To Testify

Booker has invited David Ellison to testify.

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During a #SenateJudiciaryCommittee hearing, #KristiNoem lied or played dumb MULTIPLE times about her agency’s alleged misconduct, including detaining U.S. citizens and CHILDREN, federal agents entering school property, and #ICE violating court orders. newrepublic.com/post/207283/...

Cory Booker Catches Kristi Noe...
Cory Booker Catches Kristi Noem Lying Under Oath Multiple Times

The Homeland Security secretary was asked if she had ever detained U.S. citizens. She insisted her department hadn’t.

The New Republic
After Netflix Drops Warner Bros. Bid, GOP Senator Cancels Planned Antitrust Hearing

Mike Lee dropped plans for a hearing next week.

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Senate Antitrust Subcommittee Sets Another Hearing On Netflix-Warner Bros. Merger

The Netflix-Warner Bros. merger will come before a key Senate committee on March 4, a month after the same lawmakers heard testimony from the streamer’s co-CEO Ted Sarandos defending the transaction. The hearing has a pointed title, reflecting criticism of the deal coming from the chair of the Senate Judiciary antitrust subcommittee, Sen. Mike Lee […]

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David Ellison Warns Senate Committee That Netflix Deal Would “Extinguish” Competition; Paramount CEO’s Letter Does Not Answer Queries About Trump
#News #Politics #CoryBooker #DavidEllison #DonaldTrump #ElectionLine #Netflix #Paramount #SenateJudiciaryCommittee #TedSarandos #WarnerBros

https://deadline.com/2026/02/david-ellison-senate-testimony-netflix-trump-1236727409/

David Ellison Warns Senate Committee That Netflix Deal Would “Extinguish” Competition; Paramount CEO’s Letter Does Not Answer Queries About Trump

Ellison submitted testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee following the Netflix hearing.

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Senators Open Netflix Hearing With Serious Concerns Over Warner Bros. Deal: “Extraordinary In Both Scale And Potential Consequence”
#News #Politics #Antitrust #ElectionLine #Netflix #SenateJudiciaryCommittee #TedSarandos #WarnerBros

https://deadline.com/2026/02/netflix-warner-bros-senate-antitrust-1236707208/

At Senate Hearing, Netflix’s Ted Sarandos Commits To 45-Day Theatrical Window, Grilled By Republican Over Transgender Content — Update

The chair of a Senate subcommittee called it "extraordinary in both scale and potential consequence"

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Trump’s ‘unqualified insurrectionist’ pick to be Wyoming U.S. attorney under fire for anti-LGBTQ+ record

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/wyoming-us-attorney-problematic-history

Senate Hearing On Netflix-Warner Bros. Transaction Set For Feb. 3; Co-CEO Ted Sarandos To Testify

A Senate committee will examine the proposed Netflix acquisition of Warner Bros. at a hearing scheduled for next week, with co-CEO Ted Sarandos scheduled to testify. The hearing before the Senate Judiciary antitrust subcommittee will be held on Feb. 3, a spokesperson for Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), confirmed. Lee is the chairman of the subcommittee, […]

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