CCIA’s Aodhan Downey is testifying to the Nevada Senate on the proposed SB 63: "Age verification mandates could deter users, threaten small business viability, and ironically, expose children to greater privacy harms." https://ccianet.org/news/2025/05/ccia-raises-concern-over-the-nevada-youth-online-safety-act/

Nevada’s SB 63 would force websites to collect sensitive data like biometrics just to prove your age. Courts have repeatedly ruled laws like this unconstitutional, and they risk doing more harm than good for online safety. https://ccianet.org/library/ccia-written-comments-on-nv-sb-63-oppose/

Repealing Section 230 would not only affect free speech, but it would have serious economic repercussions, affecting millions of Americans’ retirement savings, potentially reducing their savings by an average of $9k or more. Read about the economic impact of repealing Section 230: https://ccianet.org/research/stats/repealing-section-230-would-cost-americans-over-1-3-trillion/

Laws like Nevada’s SB 63 may sound protective, but in reality they open the door to major privacy concerns. Collecting biometrics and personal data to verify age puts users, including kids, at greater risk. https://ccianet.org/news/2025/05/ccia-raises-concern-over-the-nevada-youth-online-safety-act/

Cities across the country are using #AI technology developed in the US to build smarter cities. In Indianapolis, officials are using tech to make city operations like road travel more efficient. WISH News has more:
https://www.wishtv.com/news/politics/indianapolis-smart-cities-ai-commission/

Today, U.S. Senators @SenThomTillis, @ChrisCoons, @KevinKileyCA and @RepScottPeters have reintroduced the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA). PERA allows non-technical ideas and activities to be patented if they involve technology in any capacity, even if the technology is not part of the innovation. CCIA has provided a statement: https://ccianet.org/news/2025/05/ccia-statement-on-the-reintroduction-of-the-patent-eligibility-restoration-act/

CCIA believes that children are entitled to greater security and privacy online. Age verification mandates threaten online privacy and free expression. Federal courts have recently held that laws mandating age verification and identity collection for social media violate the First and Fourteenth Amendments. https://ccianet.org/news/2025/05/ccia-opposes-unconstitutional-age-verification-mandates/

In a survey of 500 UK AI professionals, 83% believe that mandatory transparency—requiring developers to disclose data sources and their use in model training—would delay the rollout of AI services in the UK. 1/2

If the UK does not implement protections for text and data mining as jurisdictions like the EU, Japan and Singapore have done, 66% reported that projects would have to take place outside of the UK. https://ccianet.org/news/2025/05/uk-ai-ecosystem-poll-shows-the-importance-of-copyright-and-ai-regulation-for-the-governments-objectives-of-promoting-uk-innovation-and-economic-growth/ 2/2

CCIA opposes the App Store Accountability Act, a bill that would mandate age verification to go online and put sensitive user information at greater risk. https://ccianet.org/news/2025/05/ccia-opposes-unconstitutional-age-verification-mandates/

AI experts in the UK overwhelmingly support protections for text and data mining, according to a new survey of 500 AI developers and investors. If the UK does not, 66% reported that projects would have to take place in other countries. https://ccianet.org/news/2025/05/uk-ai-ecosystem-poll-shows-the-importance-of-copyright-and-ai-regulation-for-the-governments-objectives-of-promoting-uk-innovation-and-economic-growth/

Leading AI developers already support opt-outs for text and data mining—without affecting other uses like search indexing. A standardized, machine-readable opt-out could balance AI innovation with rights holder control, building on existing industry practices.

A study by CCIA’s Research Center last year calculated that repealing Section 230 would cost investors at least $1.3 trillion, amounting to a 2.9% decline in the S&P 500. https://ccianet.org/research/stats/repealing-section-230-would-cost-americans-over-1-3-trillion/

In a survey among 500 AI industry investors and developers in the UK, 99% responded that AI development is reliant on text and data mining using publicly-available data, with a full 58% responding "very reliant." https://ccianet.org/news/2025/05/uk-ai-ecosystem-poll-shows-the-importance-of-copyright-and-ai-regulation-for-the-governments-objectives-of-promoting-uk-innovation-and-economic-growth/

US hospitals are using American tech to manage bed capacity and staffing in ICUs around the country. These high-tech solutions are helping doctors and hospital administrators reduce wait times, prevent burnout, and improve care. Learn more:
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-03-ai-beds-icu-staff-patients.html

During his testimony at the search remedies hearing, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that the government’s proposal would lead the company to make fewer investments in new technology if it needs to share the benefits with its competitors for a minimal fee. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/technology/google-ceo-antitrust-trial.html

During testimony today Google CEO Sundar Pichai expressed concerns over #privacy risks for users if Google is forced to sell data as part of an #antitrust case: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/alphabet-ceo-sundar-pichai-says-145512395.html

The Senate Commerce Committee has confirmed Olivia Trusty as the third Republican Commissioner at the FCC. The nomination now goes to the full Senate, where Trusty is expected to obtain majority approval. See CCIA’s full statement: https://ccianet.org/news/2025/04/ccia-statement-on-senate-confirming-trusty-as-fcc-commissioner/

Laws like HB 570 in Louisiana are already being challenged in courts across the country. Forcing websites to collect personal data or rely on faulty facial scans raises major privacy and constitutional concerts. Lawmakers should hit pause.