Schatz Backs FTC’s Privacy Query, Algorithm Examination

Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, backed the FTC’s exploration of a privacy rulemaking (see 2208110068). He spoke Friday in support of the FTC posing questions about “physical, mental and reputational harms” caused by social media data practices. Schatz, one of the Senate Commerce Committee’s original negotiators on recent privacy legislation, welcomed the FTC “scrutinizing discrimination in the algorithms that Americans interact with every day and that pose significant risks when used negligently or maliciously.”