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

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

On 15 August 2025, the Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by Senator Josh Hawley, opened an investigation into Meta Platforms’ internal rules for generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots, following reports that they permitted “romantic” or …

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Policy Area
Consumer protection
Policy Instrument
Quality of Service requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament

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2025-08-15
under deliberation

On 15 August 2025, the Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by Senator Josh Hawley, opened an invest…

2025-09-18
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