This is dangerous — Republican Senators are pushing a 10-year AI regulation moratorium as part of their “One Big, Beautiful Bill” budget package.¹ Not only would this block new state and local rules protecting us from AI discrimination in housing, employment, and healthcare, it could erase years of hard work passing laws restricting privacy-invading AI tech like facial recognition.² The Senate is voting on this dangerous bill this weekend. Can you urge your Senators to stop this backdoor AI moratorium and protect our civil rights over tech companies’ profits?

CALL YOUR SENATORS

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Unaccountable AI algorithms are increasingly deciding who gets a job, a loan, an apartment, or an insurance claim approved, with little oversight.³ While Congress is too broken and slow-moving to offer solutions, states like Colorado⁴ and California⁵ are leading the way in enforcing common-sense protections. Now, the federal government wants to rip these away without any alternative.

We can disagree on the exact ways that AI should be regulated, but passing a 10-year ban on enforcement completely shuts down all discussion and undermines what little progress we have made. What’s worse, states that do choose to regulate AI under the moratorium would lose broadband funding for rural and low-income communities. (Thanks, Ted Cruz.¹)

This is a critical moment. As AI worms its way into every facet of our lives, we can choose to demand transparency, accountability, and protection from discrimination, or we can sit on our hands and let Big Tech mess our futures to feed its greedy business model. We need phones ringing off the hook to ensure enough Senators are on the right side of this fight. Take 5 minutes to call and demand they remove the AI regulation moratorium from the budget bill and protect our futures.

TAKE ACTION

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Against an AI wild west,

Alex at Fight for the Future

Footnotes:

1. TechCrunch: https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/22/moratorium-on-state-ai-regulation-clears-senate-hurdle/

2. Americans for Responsible Innovation: https://ari.us/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/ARI-Report-Fed-Preemption-6-6-25.pdf

3. Fortune: https://fortune.com/2024/03/05/ai-screening-job-resumes-rental-apartment-applications-determining-medical-care-almost-no-oversight/

4. Colorado Proposes Extending AI Regulation to Health and Auto Insurers: https://www.debevoise.com/insights/publications/2024/12/colorado-proposes-extending-ai-regulation-to-heal

5. Help California Reign In Big Tech Algorithms: https://www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/help-california-rein-in-big-tech-algorithms/

6. Urgent Actions Signal Chat: https://www.fightforthefuture.org/signal