Senator Blumenthal: Week in Review 4/24/2026-5/1/2026
kids today is Big Tech’s exploitative, addictive algorithms, working to keep kids scrolling, clicking ads, and sharing
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kids today is Big Tech’s exploitative, addictive algorithms, working to keep kids scrolling, clicking ads, and sharing
Tech’s predatory profit-driven use of algorithms gathered in a powerful vigil. They demanded Congress pass KOSA
from primary tickets marked up by dynamic pricing algorithms, to secondary sales from consumers & ticket brokers, Ticketmaster
make a tweak to the code, the algorithm, the way in which the LLM works, and your existence
tied to fraud. Further, because Meta’s advertising algorithms targets individuals based on their past clicks and interest
boost enforcement on corporate bad actors, and thePreventing Algorithmic Collusion Act, to limit corporations’ ability to raise prices
uncommon for insurers to use algorithms or artificial intelligence software— which are prone to errors—to make these
have found in the past that Instagram’s algorithms promote underage-sex content and often facilitate communication between
Fetcherr plan to collect or how the AI algorithm will be trained,”they continued.“Prices could be dictated … Fetcherr plan to collect or how the AI algorithm will be trained. Prices could be dictated
people don’t need to talk to an algorithm. They need to be able to talk
used ill-conceived Artificial Intelligence (AI) formulas and algorithms to make or inform contract cancellation decisions—cutting
egregious example detailed in the story, the AI algorithm was told by DOGE to find programs that support
government should be remedied, but relying on AI & algorithms without individual evaluation is dangerous & destructive,”wrote Blumenthal onTwitter/X
harms caused by Big Tech’s exploitive, addictive algorithms, and inescapable momentum for reform,”said Senator Blumenthal … holding Big Tech accountable for its manipulative algorithms,”said Majority Leader Thune.“Consumers deserve more transparency about
harms caused by Big Tech’s exploitive, addictive algorithms, and inescapable momentum for reform,”said Blumenthal
insurers increasingly rely on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and algorithms to evaluate requests. There are harrowing reports of patients … develop new regulations to ensure that any new algorithms abide by Medicare coverage requirements and b) enforce existing
protect kids against the toxic content and the algorithms, the black box methodology that social media uses,”said
younger users, including things like their recommendation algorithms and addictive product features. The specific covered harms include suicide … protect kids against the toxic content and the algorithms, the black box methodology that social media uses
doing, relying on his tech bros and his algorithm and his AI formulas, is to cut across
were arbitrarily fired because someone looked at an algorithm or at a status and saw probationary, even though … were arbitrarily fired because someone looked at an algorithm or at a status and saw probationary, even though
impact people’s lives and livelihoods to an algorithm or an email distribution list.” Lipphardt concluded:“On Tuesday
Conn.)joined their Senate colleagues in introducing thePreventing Algorithmic Collusion Actto prevent companies from using algorithms to collude … private lawsuits have shown, big corporations are using algorithms to raise prices and limit competition, including companies like
senators requested that DoD provide information on whether algorithms like RealPage’s are artificially driving up housing prices … Senator Blumenthal has previously cosponsored both thePreventing Algorithmic Collusion Act, which would prevent companies from using algorithms
senators requested that DoD provide information on whether algorithms like RealPage’s are artificially driving up housing prices … seek information that DoD may have on whether algorithms such as those used by RealPage are artificially driving
social media use and prohibit platforms from feeding algorithmically-targeted content to users under … seen firsthand how these platforms use intentionally addictive algorithms to spoon-feed young people horrifying content glorifying everything