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May 12, 2023
Durbin Visits Chicago Children's Advocacy Center To Discuss Legislation To Crack Down On Online Child Sex Abuse
Sen. Dick Durbin
May 11, 2023
Senate Judiciary Committee Advances Durbin's STOP CSAM Act To Crack Down On The Proliferation Of Child Sex Abuse Material Online
Sen. Dick Durbin
May 11, 2023
Senate Judiciary Committee Advances Three Bills To Stop Exploitation Of Kids Online, Six District Court Judge Nominations To The Full Senate
Sen. Dick Durbin
May 10, 2023
E&C LEADERS CONTINUE BIPARTISAN INVESTIGATION INTO DATA BROKERS' POTENTIAL EXPLOITATION OF AMERICANS' PRIVACY
Rep. Jan Schakowsky
May 2, 2023
Durbin Joins In Introduction Of The Bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act
Sen. Dick Durbin
April 26, 2023
Durbin Meets With The Keep Kids Safe Coalition To Discuss Efforts To Protect Children From Exploitation
Sen. Dick Durbin
April 20, 2023
Durbin Unveils New Efforts To Protect Children's Online Safety On The Senate Floor
Sen. Dick Durbin
April 19, 2023
Durbin Introduces Stop CSAM Act To Crack Down On The Proliferation Of Child Sex Abuse Material Online
Sen. Dick Durbin
April 18, 2023
Durbin, Duckworth Meet With Association Of Illinois Electric Cooperatives
Sen. Dick Durbin
April 18, 2023
Durbin Questions Witnesses During Judiciary Subcommittee On Intellectual Property Hearing On Foreign Threats To U.S. Innovation & Economy
Sen. Dick Durbin
March 29, 2023
Durbin Calls On Online Video Game Industry To Do More To Identify & Remove Extremist Content From Their Platforms
Sen. Dick Durbin
March 26, 2023
'This Week' Transcript 3-26-23: Rep. Mike Gallagher, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi and FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell
Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
Feb. 13, 2023
Durbin, Blumenthal, Hirono Introduce Bill to Protect Children's Online Privacy
Sen. Dick Durbin
Jan. 31, 2023
Letter to Merrick Garland, Attorney General of the United States - Durbin Presses The Justice Department To Investigate And Curb Child Sexual Exploitation On Twitter
Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 16, 2022
Letter to Elon Musk, CEO of Twitter - Durbin Pushes Elon Musk On Twitter's Efforts To Eradicate Online Child Sexual Exploitation
Sen. Dick Durbin
Nov. 4, 2022
Letter to Susan Wojcicki, CEO of Youtube - Ahead of 2022 Midterms, Castro, Cárdenas, Menendez, and Luján Press Youtube to Urgently Address Spanish-language Disinformation
Rep. Chuy Garcia, ...
Nov. 1, 2022
Tweet - "In the days since Musk took Twitter private, the platform has seen an uptick in hate speech, and Musk himself used the platform and his influence to spread a baseless conspiracy theory about a violent attack on an elected official's family member."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Oct. 24, 2022
Letter to Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, Susan Wojcicki, CEO of Youtube - Durbin, Schiff Demand Google And Youtube Crack Down On Dangerous Incel Content
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Oct. 13, 2022
Letter to Social Media CEOs - Schneider, Gonzales, Higgins Lead Bipartisan Letter Urging Social Media Companies to Respond to Violent Threats on Their Platforms
Rep. Bill Foster, ...
Oct. 4, 2022
Letter to Jessica Rosenworcel, Chair of the Federal Communications Commission - Bennet, Hickenlooper, Colleagues Push the FCC to Increase Broadband Speed and Access
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Sept. 29, 2022
Duckworth, Sarbanes Introduce Bicameral Legislation to Help Make Websites and Software Applications Accessible for Americans with Disabilities
Sen. Ladda Duckworth
Sept. 13, 2022
Tweet - "Picture this: Twitter takes the sensitive personal information of its millions of users, and puts that info--your info-- in a vault... but leaves that vault door wide open. That's how Peiter Zatko described Twitter's data security practices during our @JudiciaryDems hearing today."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 12, 2022
Letter to Parag Agrawal, CEO of Twitter - Durbin, Grassley Press Twitter CEO On Reports Of Security Failures And Foreign Infiltration At Twitter
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 25, 2022
Letter to Top Messaging and Telecom Companies - DeGette, Trahan, Lee Demand Answers From Companies To Protect Users' Data Privacy
Rep. Sean Casten, ...
Aug. 23, 2022
Durbin Statement On Claims Of Widespread Security Failures At Twitter
Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 23, 2022
Tweet - "The whistleblower's allegations of widespread security failures at Twitter, willful misrepresentations by top executives to government agencies, and penetration of the company by foreign intelligence raise serious concerns."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 16, 2022
Letter to Social Media CEOs - Reps. Blunt Rochester & Kuster Call on Big Tech to Combat Abortion Misinformation
Rep. Robin Kelly, ...
Aug. 11, 2022
Letter to Jennifer Granholm, Secretary of Energy, Shalanda Young, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Alondra Nelson, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy - 21 House Science Members Call for Robust Doe Office of Science Budget
Rep. Bill Foster, ...
July 28, 2022
Duckworth Celebrates Passage of Bipartisan Bill to Boost American Manufacturing and Better Compete with China
Sen. Ladda Duckworth
July 27, 2022
Durbin: With The CHIPS And Science Act, We Can Kick-Start A New Generation Of Discovery"
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 16, 2022
Tweet - "It's time to learn the truth about crypto. Let's start with the obscene amounts of electricity needed to mine Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Families and businesses in America will pay the price for crypto's mining ventures."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 12, 2022
Representatives Krishnamoorthi And Porter Introduce Robotext Scam Prevention Act To Help Stop Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars In Annual Fraud Schemes
Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
July 6, 2022
Letter to Lina Khan, Chair of the Federal Trade Commission - Protect Data Privacy of People Seeking Reproductive Health Care
Rep. Sean Casten, ...
June 30, 2022
Letter to Merrick Garland, Attorney General of the United States - Casey Leads Bipartisan Letter Demanding Answers from Department of Justice on Lack of Web Accessibility for People with Disabilities
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 22, 2022
Letter to Hon. Kristen Clarke, US Assistant Attorney General - Senator Murray Urges Department Of Justice To Issue New Rules To Ensure Protections for People with Disabilities On The Internet
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 21, 2022
Letter to Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader, and Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House - Securing Additional Funding to Protect Student Internet Access
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 13, 2022
Letter to Merrick Garland, Attorney General - Ensure Government Websites Comply With The ADA
Sen. Dick Durbin
May 31, 2022
Letter to Chair Cantwell, Chair Johnson, Ranking Member Wicker, and Ranking Member Lucas - Romney, Durbin Lead Call for Robust Research Funding in Final Competition Bill
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
May 24, 2022
Letter to Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google - Limit Collection and Storage of Location Data
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
May 19, 2022
Letters to Jason Citron, CEO of Discord, Emmett Shear, CEO of Twitch - Durbin Presses Social Media Platforms on their Roles in Promoting Extremist Content
Sen. Dick Durbin
May 17, 2022
Letter to Noam Ben-Zvi, Chief Executive Officer of Placer.ai - Blumenthal, Murphy Blast Data Brokers for Collecting & Selling Cell Phone Location Data of People Who Visit Abortion Clinics
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
May 17, 2022
Letter to Auren Hoffman, Chief Executive Officer of Safegraph, Inc. - Blumenthal, Murphy Blast Data Brokers for Collecting & Selling Cell Phone Location Data of People Who Visit Abortion Clinics
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
May 16, 2022
Letter to Will Cathcart, Head of WhatsApp, and Mark Zuckerberg, Chairman and CEO of Meta - Spanish-Language Misinformation and Disinformation
Rep. Chuy Garcia, ...
May 16, 2022
Letter to Pavel Durov, CEO of Telegram - Spanish-Language Misinformation and Disinformation
Rep. Chuy Garcia, ...
May 16, 2022
Letter to Mark Zuckerberg, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Meta Platforms, Inc. - Congressman Jason Crow & House Intelligence Committee Members Demand Facebook Crack Down on Pro-Russian Disinformation
Rep. Mike Quigley, ...
May 16, 2022
Letter to Brian Acton, Interim CEO of Signal Foundation - Spanish-Language Misinformation and Disinformation
Rep. Lauren Underwood, ...
May 11, 2022
Letter to Hon. Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, Hon. Deanne Criswell, Administrator of FEMA, and Hon. Jen Easterly, Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency - Klobuchar, Peters, Colleagues Urge Department of Homeland Security to Help State and Local Governments Improve Election Security
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
May 10, 2022
Rep. Eshoo & Senator Whitehouse Introduce Bill to Stop Excessively Loud Commercials on TV and Streaming Services
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
May 10, 2022
Durbin Meets With Fermilab Director
Sen. Dick Durbin
May 10, 2022
Tweet - "President Biden has made it clear that his top priority is lowering costs for American families, and low-cost high-speed internet is a major part of that plan. Thanks to these efforts, millions of Americans will see lower prices for faster internet."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Date
Title
Politician
May 12, 2023
Durbin Visits Chicago Children's Advocacy Center To Discuss Legislation To Crack Down On Online Child Sex Abuse
Sen.Dick Durbin
May 11, 2023
Senate Judiciary Committee Advances Durbin's STOP CSAM Act To Crack Down On The Proliferation Of Child Sex Abuse Material Online
Sen.Dick Durbin
May 11, 2023
Senate Judiciary Committee Advances Three Bills To Stop Exploitation Of Kids Online, Six District Court Judge Nominations To The Full Senate
Sen.Dick Durbin
May 10, 2023
E&C LEADERS CONTINUE BIPARTISAN INVESTIGATION INTO DATA BROKERS' POTENTIAL EXPLOITATION OF AMERICANS' PRIVACY
Rep.Jan Schakowsky
May 2, 2023
Durbin Joins In Introduction Of The Bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act
Sen.Dick Durbin
April 26, 2023
Durbin Meets With The Keep Kids Safe Coalition To Discuss Efforts To Protect Children From Exploitation
Sen.Dick Durbin
April 20, 2023
Durbin Unveils New Efforts To Protect Children's Online Safety On The Senate Floor
Sen.Dick Durbin
April 19, 2023
Durbin Introduces Stop CSAM Act To Crack Down On The Proliferation Of Child Sex Abuse Material Online
Sen.Dick Durbin
April 18, 2023
Durbin, Duckworth Meet With Association Of Illinois Electric Cooperatives
Sen.Dick Durbin
April 18, 2023
Durbin Questions Witnesses During Judiciary Subcommittee On Intellectual Property Hearing On Foreign Threats To U.S. Innovation & Economy
Sen.Dick Durbin
March 29, 2023
Durbin Calls On Online Video Game Industry To Do More To Identify & Remove Extremist Content From Their Platforms
Sen.Dick Durbin
March 26, 2023
'This Week' Transcript 3-26-23: Rep. Mike Gallagher, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi and FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell
Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
Feb. 13, 2023
Durbin, Blumenthal, Hirono Introduce Bill to Protect Children's Online Privacy
Sen.Dick Durbin
Jan. 31, 2023
Letter to Merrick Garland, Attorney General of the United States - Durbin Presses The Justice Department To Investigate And Curb Child Sexual Exploitation On Twitter
Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 16, 2022
Letter to Elon Musk, CEO of Twitter - Durbin Pushes Elon Musk On Twitter's Efforts To Eradicate Online Child Sexual Exploitation
Sen.Dick Durbin
Nov. 4, 2022
Letter to Susan Wojcicki, CEO of Youtube - Ahead of 2022 Midterms, Castro, Cárdenas, Menendez, and Luján Press Youtube to Urgently Address Spanish-language Disinformation
Rep.Chuy Garcia, ...
Nov. 1, 2022
Tweet - "In the days since Musk took Twitter private, the platform has seen an uptick in hate speech, and Musk himself used the platform and his influence to spread a baseless conspiracy theory about a violent attack on an elected official's family member."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Oct. 24, 2022
Letter to Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, Susan Wojcicki, CEO of Youtube - Durbin, Schiff Demand Google And Youtube Crack Down On Dangerous Incel Content
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Oct. 13, 2022
Letter to Social Media CEOs - Schneider, Gonzales, Higgins Lead Bipartisan Letter Urging Social Media Companies to Respond to Violent Threats on Their Platforms
Rep.Bill Foster, ...
Oct. 4, 2022
Letter to Jessica Rosenworcel, Chair of the Federal Communications Commission - Bennet, Hickenlooper, Colleagues Push the FCC to Increase Broadband Speed and Access
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Sept. 29, 2022
Duckworth, Sarbanes Introduce Bicameral Legislation to Help Make Websites and Software Applications Accessible for Americans with Disabilities
Sen.Ladda Duckworth
Sept. 13, 2022
Tweet - "Picture this: Twitter takes the sensitive personal information of its millions of users, and puts that info--your info-- in a vault... but leaves that vault door wide open. That's how Peiter Zatko described Twitter's data security practices during our @JudiciaryDems hearing today."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 12, 2022
Letter to Parag Agrawal, CEO of Twitter - Durbin, Grassley Press Twitter CEO On Reports Of Security Failures And Foreign Infiltration At Twitter
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 25, 2022
Letter to Top Messaging and Telecom Companies - DeGette, Trahan, Lee Demand Answers From Companies To Protect Users' Data Privacy
Rep.Sean Casten, ...
Aug. 23, 2022
Durbin Statement On Claims Of Widespread Security Failures At Twitter
Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 23, 2022
Tweet - "The whistleblower's allegations of widespread security failures at Twitter, willful misrepresentations by top executives to government agencies, and penetration of the company by foreign intelligence raise serious concerns."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 16, 2022
Letter to Social Media CEOs - Reps. Blunt Rochester & Kuster Call on Big Tech to Combat Abortion Misinformation
Rep.Robin Kelly, ...
Aug. 11, 2022
Letter to Jennifer Granholm, Secretary of Energy, Shalanda Young, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Alondra Nelson, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy - 21 House Science Members Call for Robust Doe Office of Science Budget
Rep.Bill Foster, ...
July 28, 2022
Duckworth Celebrates Passage of Bipartisan Bill to Boost American Manufacturing and Better Compete with China
Sen.Ladda Duckworth
July 27, 2022
Durbin: With The CHIPS And Science Act, We Can Kick-Start A New Generation Of Discovery"
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 16, 2022
Tweet - "It's time to learn the truth about crypto. Let's start with the obscene amounts of electricity needed to mine Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Families and businesses in America will pay the price for crypto's mining ventures."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 12, 2022
Representatives Krishnamoorthi And Porter Introduce Robotext Scam Prevention Act To Help Stop Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars In Annual Fraud Schemes
Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
July 6, 2022
Letter to Lina Khan, Chair of the Federal Trade Commission - Protect Data Privacy of People Seeking Reproductive Health Care
Rep.Sean Casten, ...
June 30, 2022
Letter to Merrick Garland, Attorney General of the United States - Casey Leads Bipartisan Letter Demanding Answers from Department of Justice on Lack of Web Accessibility for People with Disabilities
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 22, 2022
Letter to Hon. Kristen Clarke, US Assistant Attorney General - Senator Murray Urges Department Of Justice To Issue New Rules To Ensure Protections for People with Disabilities On The Internet
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 21, 2022
Letter to Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader, and Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House - Securing Additional Funding to Protect Student Internet Access
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 13, 2022
Letter to Merrick Garland, Attorney General - Ensure Government Websites Comply With The ADA
Sen.Dick Durbin
May 31, 2022
Letter to Chair Cantwell, Chair Johnson, Ranking Member Wicker, and Ranking Member Lucas - Romney, Durbin Lead Call for Robust Research Funding in Final Competition Bill
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
May 24, 2022
Letter to Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google - Limit Collection and Storage of Location Data
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
May 19, 2022
Letters to Jason Citron, CEO of Discord, Emmett Shear, CEO of Twitch - Durbin Presses Social Media Platforms on their Roles in Promoting Extremist Content
Sen.Dick Durbin
May 17, 2022
Letter to Noam Ben-Zvi, Chief Executive Officer of Placer.ai - Blumenthal, Murphy Blast Data Brokers for Collecting & Selling Cell Phone Location Data of People Who Visit Abortion Clinics
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
May 17, 2022
Letter to Auren Hoffman, Chief Executive Officer of Safegraph, Inc. - Blumenthal, Murphy Blast Data Brokers for Collecting & Selling Cell Phone Location Data of People Who Visit Abortion Clinics
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
May 16, 2022
Letter to Will Cathcart, Head of WhatsApp, and Mark Zuckerberg, Chairman and CEO of Meta - Spanish-Language Misinformation and Disinformation
Rep.Chuy Garcia, ...
May 16, 2022
Letter to Pavel Durov, CEO of Telegram - Spanish-Language Misinformation and Disinformation
Rep.Chuy Garcia, ...
May 16, 2022
Letter to Mark Zuckerberg, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Meta Platforms, Inc. - Congressman Jason Crow & House Intelligence Committee Members Demand Facebook Crack Down on Pro-Russian Disinformation
Rep.Mike Quigley, ...
May 16, 2022
Letter to Brian Acton, Interim CEO of Signal Foundation - Spanish-Language Misinformation and Disinformation
Rep.Lauren Underwood, ...
May 11, 2022
Letter to Hon. Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, Hon. Deanne Criswell, Administrator of FEMA, and Hon. Jen Easterly, Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency - Klobuchar, Peters, Colleagues Urge Department of Homeland Security to Help State and Local Governments Improve Election Security
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
May 10, 2022
Rep. Eshoo & Senator Whitehouse Introduce Bill to Stop Excessively Loud Commercials on TV and Streaming Services
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
May 10, 2022
Durbin Meets With Fermilab Director
Sen.Dick Durbin
May 10, 2022
Tweet - "President Biden has made it clear that his top priority is lowering costs for American families, and low-cost high-speed internet is a major part of that plan. Thanks to these efforts, millions of Americans will see lower prices for faster internet."
Sen.Dick Durbin
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