Changes in Washington, D.C., following Tuesday's midterm election could ripple their way out to Silicon Valley—and the tech sector more broadly—as Democrats take control of the House of Representatives.

In the Senate, Republicans gained seats. While it's still unclear exactly how a split Congress will change tech, the industry has faced criticism from members of both parties on issues such as national security, antitrust and privacy.

Here are some of the possible impacts tech could see from Tuesday's election results:

1. Looming Privacy Laws

In the year of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation implementation and the passage of the California Consumer Privacy Act, data privacy concerns are at the forefront of minds in Silicon Valley and Washington, D.C. Democrats may be a stronger proponent of data privacy regulation than their peers across the aisle. Two Democrats, Sens. Ed Markey of Massachusetts and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, proposed a “privacy bill of rights” in April 2018.

U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna, a Democrat covering Silicon Valley who was re-elected in the November election, also proposed a “internet bill of rights” that is based on 10 core privacy and security principles.

2. Potential Scrutiny From Committee Members

Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. of New Jersey, the highest-ranking Democrat on the Energy and Commerce Committee, released a statement Wednesday outlining potential goals for the committee post-midterms. One of his listed agenda items was to “provide meaningful privacy and data security protection.”

3. Skeptics in the Senate

Now-former Tennessee Rep. Marsha Blackburn won a Senate set on Tuesday. The Republican senator has expressed concern over alleged bias against conservatives on social media platforms. In July she told The Hill that she plans “on keeping the pressure on big tech.”

4. Net Neutrality

Pallone's agenda also included a vow to “protect net neutrality.” The Federal Communications Commission rolled back Obama-era net neutrality regulations earlier this year, a move that drew criticism from a number of tech companies, including Google, Twitter, Mozilla and Netflix. Since the repeal, many tech companies have taken legal action against the FCC. On the Senate side, newly elected Blackburn has argued against net neutrality in the past.