United States of America: Attorney General of Texas investigation into Character.AI, Reddit, Instagram, Discord, and Other Companies over Children's Privacy and Safety Practices

Progress

Current status
under deliberation
12 Dec 2024 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
United States of America
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
ML and AI development
messaging service provider
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government
Implementation Level
subnational

Timeline of events

12 Dec 2024
under deliberation

Attorney General of Texas opened investigation into Character.AI, Reddit, Instagram, Discord, and Other Companies over Children’s Privacy and Safety Practices

On 12 December 2024, the Attorney General of Texas opened an investigation into Character.AI, Reddit, Instagram, Discord, and other companies regarding their privacy and safety practices for minors, pursuant to the Securing Children Online through P…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type announcement
Government branch executive
Government body central government