A proposal to enable lawmakers, their family, roommates, and staff to take down personal information online quietly cleared the Senate as politicians increasingly worry about their personal safety after recent high-profile incidents of political violence.
The Senate passed a bill late Monday to allow members of Congress to request personal data about themselves and their familes, including addresses and travel, be scrubbed from the web despite concerns from watchdog and pro-transparency groups that it’s overly broad and would censor free speech. Security concerns have escalated in recent months in the wake of the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and ...