""we all want to keep kids safe, but the answer is balance, not bans.""
""It's better to focus on transparency when kids chat with AI, curbs on manipulative design, and reporting when sensitive issues arise," Bagchi said."
"the GUARD Act, these groups told Time, is just "one part of a national movement to protect children and teens from the dangers of companion chatbots.""
""American families, like mine, are in a battle for the online safety of our children," Garcia said at that time."
A proposed chatbot ban intended to protect children from companion-AI harms is advancing and may change as it faces scrutiny. Privacy advocates warn that broad age-verification and personal-data collection could expose sensitive information to breaches or misuse. Major tech groups oppose a heavy-handed ban and promote balanced approaches emphasizing transparency, limits on manipulative design, and reporting when sensitive issues arise. Child-safety organizations and mourning parents support stricter measures and view the GUARD Act as part of a broader movement to shield minors. Legislators plan further initiatives to increase oversight of AI firms and chatbot safety.
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