United States of America: Senate Judiciary Committee's investigation into Snap over alleged child safety risks arising from use of Artificial Intelligence

Progress

Current status
under deliberation
18 Sep 2025 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
United States of America
Policy Area
Consumer protection
Policy Instrument
Quality of Service requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
ML and AI development
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

18 Sep 2025
under deliberation

Senate Committee on the Judiciary opened investigation into Snap over alleged child safety risks arising from use of Artificial Intelligence

On 18 September 2025, the Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism opened an investigation into Snap over AI chatbot products and their impact on children. The investigation cited evidence that more than seventy percent …

Source
Event type investigation
Action type announcement
Government branch legislature
Government body parliament