Rachel Lau

Shirley Frame

Justin Hendrix

Ashley Faler

Members of California's legal team leave court after a settlement was reached in a multi-state lawsuit accusing Meta of causing harm to children on social media outside the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and US Courthouse on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

August 2026 US Tech Policy Roundup

Brandie Nonnecke

A photo shows US Capitol in Washington, D.C., United States of America on July 2, 2026. (The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images)

Why Congress Must Codify a Chatbot Duty of Care

Megan Shahi

Gregory Shelby

Helena Monsivais

Attorney Mark Lanier speaks during a news conference after the verdict in a landmark trial over whether social media platforms deliberately addict and harm children at Los Angeles Superior Court, Wednesday, March 25, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/William Liang)

After Liability: Why the Landmark Social Media Verdicts Aren’t a Regulatory Fix

Ben Lennett

Transcript: Senate Hearing Uses Social Media Verdicts to Press the Case for KOSA

Salil Tripathi

The image shows a stack of colorful cubes, each representing a logo of popular social media and messaging platforms. From top to bottom, the logos include Threads (black), Instagram (pink), WhatsApp (green), Messenger (blue), and Facebook (blue). 

Regulate Companies, Not Children

Cristiano Lima-Strong

Senate Commerce Chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas) delivers opening remarks at a Section 230 hearing on Wednesday. (Screenshot)

Senate Commerce Chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas) delivers opening remarks at a Section 230 hearing on Wednesday. (

Transcript: Senate Commerce Hearing on 30 Years of Section 230

House Energy and Commerce Chairman Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.) delivers his opening remarks at the markup on Thursday. (Screengrab)

House Energy and Commerce Chairman Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.) delivers his opening remarks at the markup on Thursday. (

House GOP Moves Ahead with Kids Online Safety Package as Democrats Balk

The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade of the US House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee held a markup on Thursday, December 11, 2025, in the John D. Dingell Room in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC.

US House Subcommittee Advances 18 Child Online Safety Bills

The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade of the Committee on Energy and Commerce held a hearing on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, entitled "Legislative Solutions to Protect Children and Teens Online."

Transcript: House Hearing on Legislative Solutions to Protect Children and Teens Online

US Senator Marsha Blackburn holds up a Meta Quest virtual reality headset box while speaking at a US Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on whistleblower allegations about Meta and child safety research.

US Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) at US Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing, “Hidden Harms: Examining Whistleblower Allegations that Meta Buried Child Safety Research,” Sep. 9, 2025, Washington, DC. (

Transcript: US Senate Hearing on 'Examining Whistleblower Allegations that Meta Buried Child Safety Research'

The Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC. Shutterstock

The Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC. 

Transcript: US Senate Hearing on 'Safeguarding Americans' Online Data'

US Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) departs the Senate floor at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on June 30, 2025. US senators began voting Monday on Donald Trump's flagship spending bill. (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

US Senate Drops Proposed Moratorium on State AI Laws in Budget Vote

Haley Hinkle

Maurine Molak

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta Platforms Inc., center right, addresses the audience, including parents of children injured or lost in events involving social media, during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024. Photographer: Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images

With Congress Silent, the FTC Must Protect Kids from Big Tech

J.J. Tolentino

Washington DC, May 14, 2025 - House Energy and Commerce Committee chairman Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY) at a markup hearing on a budget reconciliation bill. Source

Washington, DC, May 14, 2025 - House Energy and Commerce Committee chairman Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY) at a markup hearing on a budget reconciliation bill. 

Kids Online Safety Act