“The Number Was Set for an Audience of One”: Inside the Senate’s Surveillance Pricing Hearing
August 25, 2026
Chairing the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) kicked off his questioning of witnesses during the Subcommittee’s August 4 hearing on AI surveillance pricing with a poster of an exchange from X: a traveler trying to book a flight to a funeral watched as the fare he was being offered for a flight jump by $230 in a single day. JetBlue's corporate social media account helpfully replied — advising him to clear his cache and cookies, or use an incognito window. …
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The AI Accountability Act: Federal Data Misuse Lawsuits and the End of Predispute Arbitration Agreements?
July 29, 2025
The AI Accountability and Personal Data Protection Act (Bill No. S.2367) was introduced on Monday, July 21st by U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.). Released in tandem with President Trump’s “America’s AI Action Plan”, this bipartisan bill purportedly aims to establish guardrails for the AI industry while protecting consumer data rights and creators' intellectual property, but the EIA has serious concerns about the proposed legislation and its potential to lead to increased opportunistic “shakedown” style litigation. …
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