FILE – Chairman Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., presides over a hearing on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024 in Washington. Durbin underwent hip replacement surgery Thursday and will remain in his home state of Illinois under he’s cleared for travel to Washington by his doctor, according to Durbin’s office. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File) CHICAGO (AP) […]
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Sen. Durbin raises alarm about sexually explicit deepfakes on Google
Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin, D-Ill., sent a letter Monday asking Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google’s parent company, Alphabet, for details about how the platform plans to combat nonconsensual sexually explicit deepfakes. Google search results for the word “deepfakes” and names of female celebrities often return links to such material when safety features […]
Sen. Dick Durbin says Justice Alito should recuse in Trump cases because of upside-down flag
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said Friday that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito should recuse himself from cases related to the 2020 election after a new report said an upside-down American flag flew outside his home in the days after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol and before President Joe […]