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Comment by Joanna Shields

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Director of the Responsible AI Future Foundation and former UK minister for internet safety and security.
Child protection is a stress test for the development of AI. In the case of social media, it failed.
AI Verified (Feb 18, 2026)
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Joanna Shields, quoted in Alexandre Piquard, “France aims to protect children from chatbots,” Le Monde, February 23, 2026.
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Ban AI companion chatbots for minors under 18
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AI Verified Verified against the cited https://www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/article/2026/02/23/france-aims-to-protect-children-from-chatbots_6750783_19.html; the source context matches the stored wording, attribution, and day date. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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