{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-blumenthal-unveil-bipartisan-bill-empowering-working-americans-to-sue-big-tech-ai-companies-for-stealing-creative-works/", "Hawley, Blumenthal Unveil Bipartisan Bill Empowering Working Americans to Sue Big Tech, AI Companies for Stealing Creative Works", "2025-07-21", "2025", "2025-07", "Republican", "Senate", "MO", "Josh Hawley", "H001089", "www.hawley.senate.gov", "hawley", "https://www.hawley.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "Today, U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) introduced bipartisan legislation to protect consumers\u2019 data rights and hold Big Tech companies accountable for illegally pirating creators\u2019 copyrighted works to train their artificial intelligence (AI) models.\n\nSenator Hawley\u2019s legislation follows his recent Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing where he sounded the alarm on AI companies\u2019 willful engagement in \u201cthe largest intellectual property theft in American history.\u201d\n\n\u201cAI companies are robbing the American people blind while leaving artists, writers, and other creators with zero recourse. It\u2019s time for Congress to give the American worker their day in court to protect their personal data and creative works. My bipartisan legislation would finally empower working Americans who now find their livelihoods in the crosshairs of Big Tech\u2019s lawlessness,\u201d said Senator Hawley.\n\n\u201cThis bill embodies a bipartisan consensus that AI safeguards are urgent\u2014because the technology is moving at accelerating speed, and so are dangers to privacy. Enforceable rules can put consumers back in control of their data, and help bar abuses. Tech companies must be held accountable\u2014and liable legally\u2014when they breach consumer privacy, collecting, monetizing or sharing personal information without express consent. Consumers must be given rights and remedies\u2014and legal tools to make them real\u2014not relying on government enforcement alone,\u201d Senator Blumenthal said.\n\nSenators Hawley and Blumenthal have previously teamed up to put power back in the hands of users when it comes to Big Tech. Last Congress, they introduced a bipartisan framework to implement guardrails for AI that would protect consumers. The AI Accountability and Personal Data Protection Act will:\n\nBar AI companies from stealing and training on copyright works. The bill safeguards individuals\u2019 copyrighted materials from being used in AI training or AI-generated content without permission.\n\nCreate a federal tort for data misuse. The legislation allows individuals to sue any person or company that appropriates, uses, sells, or exploits their personal data or copyrighted works without clear, affirmative consent.\n\nProvide transparency for creators. The bill requires companies to clearly disclose every third party that will access an individual\u2019s data at the time consent is sought.\n\nEnsure robust remedies. The legislation provides for stiff financial penalties, injunctive relief, and protects the ability of individuals to sue in court and join class actions.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:48:13Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-blumenthal-unveil-bipartisan-bill-empowering-working-americans-to-sue-big-tech-ai-companies-for-stealing-creative-works/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 3.130340948700905, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}