Setting meaningful restrictions and regulations on AI’s ability to collect personal data to send users predatory online ads.
Set meaningful restrictions and regulations on AI's collection of personal data for predatory ads.
Occurrences
I’ve built my career advocating for digital protections for our most vulnerable Americans, including children and seniors, from cyber threats like fraud, data breaches, deepfakes, and more. Businesses do better—and strive to do better—when commonsense laws are in place to guide their decisions.
Evidence
The campaign said: "We need to rein in Big Tech and improve online privacy" and "privacy laws need to be strengthened."
Congress.gov lists McClain Delaney as House Maryland District 6, 119th Congress, with member activity including sponsored legislation, cosponsored legislation, and House roll call votes.
Congress.gov says S.1748 was introduced May 14, 2025; latest action was referral to Senate Commerce; "This bill has the status Introduced."
The bill text defines personalized design and recommendation systems using personal data, requires minor safeguards, default privacy controls, ad labels, and FTC-related compliance provisions.
Axios reported the House passed the KIDS Act, a package of kids' online safety measures, but key senators said it had little chance in its current form.
Her office reported 16 bills introduced, approximately 300 bills and resolutions cosponsored, and nearly 200 letters in 2025.
Assessments
McClain Delaney is serving in the 119th Congress, and the record provided does not show that she sponsored, wrote, or materially advanced an enacted federal law setting meaningful restrictions on AI-driven personal-data collection for predatory advertising. Related online safety and privacy measures moved in Congress, including the House-passed KIDS Act and Senate KOSA language, but the evidence indicates no enacted federal regulation and no candidate-specific delivery of the promised outcome. Because there is also no clear serious legislative or executive attempt by McClain Delaney herself that failed, the effort badge is not warranted.