Category: Senator Marsha Blackburn

TikTok Admits Storing Some US User Data in China: Senators

June 24, 2023
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TikTok has admitted to storing some U.S. user data on China-based servers, which differs from its CEO’s previous testimony to Congress that “American data stored on American soil.” The Chinese video-sharing platform confirmed this in a letter dated June 16 made in response to questions raised by Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn)…

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VA Seeking $16.6 Billion More in Funding Amid Processing Backlog for Toxin Exposure Claims

May 18, 2023
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At the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee hearing on May 17 to review the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 2024 budget and advance appropriations for 2025, a priority issue was the VA’s request for more funding to maintain and increase staff to process payment claims for veterans who have suffered injury or illness from exposure to toxins…

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New Bipartisan Bill Seeks to Force Tech Companies to Protect Young Users

May 2, 2023
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Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on May 2 announced the introduction of legislation to make social media platforms conform to stricter safety regulations regarding children. The Kids Online Safety Act, a bill announced by the senators during a live event, aims to provide young people and parents with the tools, safeguards, and transparency necessary…

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Senators Blackburn and Blumenthal Press Pinterest on Protecting Girls From Online Predators

March 16, 2023
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U.S. Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) co-signed a letter sent on March 14 to the CEO of the online photo sharing platform Pinterest, seeking information about what the company is doing to prevent pedophiles using its technology to exploit girls. Blackburn and Blumenthal authored the Kids Online Safety Act of 2022, which…

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Sen. Blackburn: Biden Not Answering Senate GOP Letter on Iran Deal Par for the Course

February 14, 2022
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Commentary Is the White House now the unofficial dead-letter office? A new letter, following in the unfortunate tradition of others, would make it seem so. This letter isn’t about the crisis of the hour: Russia–Ukraine. But it is related, part of the same nexus, and, if anything, is more serious. It’s about one of Russia’s,…

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