Sen. Ted CruzR TexasPlatforms, broadband, and chips · Massachusetts
The rules for the digital economy: social-media platforms and children's safety, broadband access, semiconductors, cybersecurity, antitrust and the companies that dominate online life. Technology policy overlaps almost every issue, which is why it sits near the center of the graph.
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Technology & Internet
Platforms, broadband, and chips
Why it connects to…
AI is built and distributed by the same platforms and infrastructure technology policy already regulates.
Platforms collect the data; privacy law governs what they can do with it.
Youth mental health is the main argument behind social-media and online-safety legislation.
Online misinformation, platform rules and election security share infrastructure and regulators.
Semiconductors, telecom equipment and cyberattacks are treated as national-security concerns.
Speech rules on platforms and algorithmic discrimination are First Amendment and equal-protection questions.
Accessibility standards decide whether websites, apps and devices work for everyone.
AI is built and distributed by the same platforms and infrastructure technology policy already regulates.
Speech rules on platforms and algorithmic discrimination are First Amendment and equal-protection questions.
Accessibility standards decide whether websites, apps and devices work for everyone.
Youth mental health is the main argument behind social-media and online-safety legislation.
Semiconductors, telecom equipment and cyberattacks are treated as national-security concerns.
Platforms collect the data; privacy law governs what they can do with it.
Online misinformation, platform rules and election security share infrastructure and regulators.
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Sen. Maria CantwellD WashingtonRanking Member, Commerce, Science, and Transportation
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