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US Senators Markey, Wyden request investigation of automated threat assessments

( June 20, 2025, 18:29 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Democratic Senators Ed Markey of Massachusetts and Ron Wyden of Oregon spearheaded a letter to the US Government Accountability Office requesting an investigation into the federal government's use of automated technologies to "label individuals as potential threats on the basis of their facial expressions, their body movements, or the content of their speech." A second letter, to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, criticizes social media screening in immigration decisions and asks whether the State Department and DHS are using AI to "process, analyze, or otherwise review information collected from social media accounts of visa applicants and applicants for an immigration benefit."  Statement follows below. See attached file....

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