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Statement of Sen. Warner on the Following Report That Facebook Disabled the Accounts of Researchers Looking Into the Network’s Political Ad Practices

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, released the statement below, following a report that Facebook disabled the accounts of researchers studying political…

Warner, Menendez, Hirono Slam Facebook for Spread of Vaccine Misinformation

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Mark Warner (D-Va.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) today slammed Facebook for failing to remove vaccine misinformation from its platforms. The rapid spread of…

Warner, Hirono, Klobuchar Announce the SAFE TECH Act to Reform Section 230

WASHINGTON – Today U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Mazie Hirono (D-HI) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) announced the Safeguarding Against Fraud, Exploitation, Threats, Extremism and Consumer Harms (SAFE TECH) Act to reform…

Warner, Blumenthal, Eshoo, Schakowsky & DelBene Introduce the Public Health Emergency Privacy Act

WASHINGTON – As tech companies and public health agencies deploy new tools to fight the spread of COVID-19 – including contact tracing apps, digital monitoring, home tests, and vaccine appointment…

Warner Joins Cortez Masto, Brown in Letter to Administration on Failure to Provide Restitution to Veteran Victims of Deceptive Marketing Practices

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) joined Sens.  Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and 13 of their Senate colleagues in sending a letter to…

Sen. Mark R. Warner Applauds House Passage of His Legislation to Ensure Security of Internet Connected Devices

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), former technology entrepreneur and Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, applauded the house passage of the Internet of Things…

Warner Joins Carper, Cassidy, Bipartisan Colleagues in Letter Calling on CDC, HHS to Improve and Modernize COVID-19 Data Collection and Management

WASHINGTON, DC – As communities across the country grapple with how to reopen as safely as possible, U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner joined Sens. Tom Carper (D-Del.), Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.)…

Klobuchar, Moran Urge FTC to Address Privacy Issues Surrounding Mobile App “Premom”

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) joined Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), a senior Member of Senate Commerce Committee and Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust,…

Senators Urge Inclusion of Critical Health Care Privacy Bill in COVID-19 Relief Package

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), along with Sens. Michael Bennet (D-CO), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Angus King (I-ME), Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Kamala…

Warner Joins Brown, Colleagues in Seeking Answers from Trump Administration on the Borrower Protection Program

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) joined Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and 6 of their Senate colleagues in a letter requesting additional information on the Borrower Protection Program that the…

Protecting Civil Liberties During COVID-19: Warner, Blumental Eshoo Schakowsky & DelBene Introduce the Public Health Privacy Act

WASHINGTON – As tech companies and public health agencies deploy contact tracing apps and digital monitoring tools to fight the spread of COVID-19, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Richard…

Warner Calls on VP Pence to Combat Online Coronavirus Misinformation, Correct the Record on Mixed Trump Administration Messages

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) urged Vice President Mike Pence to take steps to both combat online misinformation related to the coronavirus outbreak and to correct false and…