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Group studying and advocating for sensible digital media use; source of the 2025 study on teen AI companionship.
Governor Gavin Newsom signed 13 child safety bills on 10 September, and the feed rules bar serving under-16s content ranked on their own history and profile. Europe's DSA requires only that a non-profiling option exist.
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The EU Kids Act would bar under-15s from social media and AI chat services, while the age-verification wallet the Commission finished in April certifies 18 and can be adapted to 13. Member states are meant to be tooled by the end of 2026.
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ChatGPT for Teens routes users by a classifier's guess, not a signup choice. OpenAI has not published how often that guess misses a minor, and outside experts say it misses plenty.
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Forty-two attorneys general sued Meta over compulsive-use design. An appeal now asks whether Section 230 covers feature choices or only content, and the answer sets the liability surface.
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The 13-to-17 tier blocks romantic chat, self-harm content and any hint the model has feelings. That list is now the floor for competitors and school buyers.
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