Lawmaker: Congress Will 'Mess Up' Tech Regulation Without Help from Industry

NextGov: As Congress weighs different measures to protect the quality and security of citizens’ online lives, one lawmaker warned Facebook, Google and other tech titans they could face heavy-handed consequences if they don’t come to the table.

But it’s not lawmakers’ spite that will do the damage. It’s their incompetence.

“If you leave us to do this on our own, we’re gonna mess it up,” Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., said Tuesday on a panel hosted by Axios. “Partner or beware, because if you don’t partner, chances are we will have some incident … and [Congress] will then overreact. Let’s get ahead of ourselves.”

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