Senators Want Independent Agency to Regulate Tech Companies

A bipartisan group of senators called on Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to help create an independent agency to regulate major technology companies, reviving a push from last year. Sens. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) argued in a letter to Schumer that the current moment “requires a new federal agency to protect consumers, promote competition, and defend the public interest.”