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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. Bill Foster, ...
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. 23, 2022 Durbin Statement On Claims Of Widespread Security Failures At Twitter Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 16, 2022 Letter to Social Media CEOs - Reps. Blunt Rochester & Kuster Call on Big Tech to Combat Abortion Misinformation Rep. Bill Foster, ...
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. Sean Casten, ...
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. Danny Davis, ...
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. Ladda Duckworth, ...
May 24, 2022 Letter to Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google - Limit Collection and Storage of Location Data Rep. Lauren Underwood, ...
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 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 Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
May 16, 2022 Letter to Pavel Durov, CEO of Telegram - Spanish-Language Misinformation and Disinformation Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
May 16, 2022 Letter to Will Cathcart, Head of WhatsApp, and Mark Zuckerberg, Chairman and CEO of Meta - Spanish-Language Misinformation and Disinformation Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
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 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
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 Letter to Rosa DeLauro, Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, and Kay Granger, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee - Securing America's Communications Networks Rep. Robin Kelly, ...
May 5, 2022 Letter to Tammy Baldwin, Chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, John Hoeven, Ranking Member of the Senate Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies - Sens. Marshall, Gillibrand Request Full Funding for USDA's Rural Broadband Program Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
April 21, 2022 Tweet - "It was great to be at @MxDInnovates to celebrate the opening of the Midwest's first-ever @DIU_x office with @SenDuckworth , @GovPritzker , & @chicagosmayor . This office will help IL in harnessing the power of innovation to strengthen America's cybersecurity." Sen. Dick Durbin
April 20, 2022 Letter to Mark Zuckerberg - Cárdenas, Luján, Menendez, Klobuchar Urge Meta to Combat Russian Media Spanish-Language Disinformation on Ukraine Rep. Sean Casten, ...
April 20, 2022 Letter to Michael Regan, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency - Increased Oversight of Cryptocurrency's Environmental Impacts Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
April 1, 2022 Letter to Chair Lina Khan, Federal Trade Commission and Jonathan Kanter, Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division Department of Justice - Rep. Raskin Sends Letter to FTC, DOJ Calling for Increased Scrutiny of Big Tech's "Creeping Capture and Takeover" of the Auto Industry Rep. Chuy Garcia, ...
March 30, 2022 Underwood Joins Cybersecurity Briefing to Help Illinois Businesses Prevent and Respond to Cyber Attacks Rep. Lauren Underwood
March 29, 2022 Letter to Tom Vilsack, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture - Reps. Cammack, Costa Lead Letter To USDA Sec. Vilsack Regarding The Rural Utilities Service's (RUS) Rural eConnectivity (ReConnect) Pilot Program Rep. Mary Miller, ...
March 21, 2022 Letter to Alan Davidson, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information - E&c Democrats Outline Priorities on Implementation of Bipartisan Infrastructure Law's Broadband Investments Rep. Robin Kelly, ...
March 21, 2022 Letter to Hon. Lloyd Austin, Secretary of Defense And Hon. Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security - Hagerty, Kennedy, Colleagues Urge Biden Administration to Protect Americans Against Russian Cyberattacks - Rep. Robin Kelly, ...
March 17, 2022 Foster Introduces DASHBOARD Act Rep. Bill Foster
March 17, 2022 Warner, Warren, Reed, Tester, Colleagues Introduce the Digital Asset Sanctions Compliance Enhancement Act of 2022 Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
March 17, 2022 Duckworth Joins Warren, Reed, Warner, Tester, Colleagues in Introducing the Digital Asset Sanctions Compliance Enhancement Act of 2022 Sen. Ladda Duckworth
March 16, 2022 Letter to Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta Platforms, Inc. - Schakowsky & Blumenthal to Facebook Marketplace: Stop Resales of Deadly Recalled Products Like ROCK N' PLAY Sleeper Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
March 13, 2022 Letter to Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security - Rosen, Rounds Lead Bipartisan Letter to Homeland Security Secretary Requesting Information on Efforts to Protect the United States from Russian Cyber Threats Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
March 7, 2022 Letter to Charles Schumer, Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader, Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy, Minority Leader of the House - Luján, Blackburn Lead Colleagues in Letter to Congressional Leadership Urging Robust Funding for Department of Energy to Support U.S. Competitiveness Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
March 5, 2022 Tweet - "This is exactly why the Senate is working on bipartisan bills to strengthen our cybersecurity infrastructure. We must make sure we are prepared for increased Russian aggression, wherever it may appear." Sen. Dick Durbin
Date Title Politician
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.Bill Foster, ...
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. 23, 2022 Durbin Statement On Claims Of Widespread Security Failures At Twitter Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 16, 2022 Letter to Social Media CEOs - Reps. Blunt Rochester & Kuster Call on Big Tech to Combat Abortion Misinformation Rep.Bill Foster, ...
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.Sean Casten, ...
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.Danny Davis, ...
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.Ladda Duckworth, ...
May 24, 2022 Letter to Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google - Limit Collection and Storage of Location Data Rep.Lauren Underwood, ...
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 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 Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
May 16, 2022 Letter to Pavel Durov, CEO of Telegram - Spanish-Language Misinformation and Disinformation Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
May 16, 2022 Letter to Will Cathcart, Head of WhatsApp, and Mark Zuckerberg, Chairman and CEO of Meta - Spanish-Language Misinformation and Disinformation Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
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 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
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 Letter to Rosa DeLauro, Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, and Kay Granger, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee - Securing America's Communications Networks Rep.Robin Kelly, ...
May 5, 2022 Letter to Tammy Baldwin, Chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, John Hoeven, Ranking Member of the Senate Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies - Sens. Marshall, Gillibrand Request Full Funding for USDA's Rural Broadband Program Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
April 21, 2022 Tweet - "It was great to be at @MxDInnovates to celebrate the opening of the Midwest's first-ever @DIU_x office with @SenDuckworth , @GovPritzker , & @chicagosmayor . This office will help IL in harnessing the power of innovation to strengthen America's cybersecurity." Sen.Dick Durbin
April 20, 2022 Letter to Mark Zuckerberg - Cárdenas, Luján, Menendez, Klobuchar Urge Meta to Combat Russian Media Spanish-Language Disinformation on Ukraine Rep.Sean Casten, ...
April 20, 2022 Letter to Michael Regan, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency - Increased Oversight of Cryptocurrency's Environmental Impacts Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
April 1, 2022 Letter to Chair Lina Khan, Federal Trade Commission and Jonathan Kanter, Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division Department of Justice - Rep. Raskin Sends Letter to FTC, DOJ Calling for Increased Scrutiny of Big Tech's "Creeping Capture and Takeover" of the Auto Industry Rep.Chuy Garcia, ...
March 30, 2022 Underwood Joins Cybersecurity Briefing to Help Illinois Businesses Prevent and Respond to Cyber Attacks Rep.Lauren Underwood
March 29, 2022 Letter to Tom Vilsack, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture - Reps. Cammack, Costa Lead Letter To USDA Sec. Vilsack Regarding The Rural Utilities Service's (RUS) Rural eConnectivity (ReConnect) Pilot Program Rep.Mary Miller, ...
March 21, 2022 Letter to Alan Davidson, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information - E&c Democrats Outline Priorities on Implementation of Bipartisan Infrastructure Law's Broadband Investments Rep.Robin Kelly, ...
March 21, 2022 Letter to Hon. Lloyd Austin, Secretary of Defense And Hon. Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security - Hagerty, Kennedy, Colleagues Urge Biden Administration to Protect Americans Against Russian Cyberattacks - Rep.Robin Kelly, ...
March 17, 2022 Foster Introduces DASHBOARD Act Rep.Bill Foster
March 17, 2022 Warner, Warren, Reed, Tester, Colleagues Introduce the Digital Asset Sanctions Compliance Enhancement Act of 2022 Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
March 17, 2022 Duckworth Joins Warren, Reed, Warner, Tester, Colleagues in Introducing the Digital Asset Sanctions Compliance Enhancement Act of 2022 Sen.Ladda Duckworth
March 16, 2022 Letter to Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta Platforms, Inc. - Schakowsky & Blumenthal to Facebook Marketplace: Stop Resales of Deadly Recalled Products Like ROCK N' PLAY Sleeper Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
March 13, 2022 Letter to Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security - Rosen, Rounds Lead Bipartisan Letter to Homeland Security Secretary Requesting Information on Efforts to Protect the United States from Russian Cyber Threats Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
March 7, 2022 Letter to Charles Schumer, Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader, Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy, Minority Leader of the House - Luján, Blackburn Lead Colleagues in Letter to Congressional Leadership Urging Robust Funding for Department of Energy to Support U.S. Competitiveness Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
March 5, 2022 Tweet - "This is exactly why the Senate is working on bipartisan bills to strengthen our cybersecurity infrastructure. We must make sure we are prepared for increased Russian aggression, wherever it may appear." Sen.Dick Durbin
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