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Comment by Ilana Beller

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Democracy Campaign Organizer at Public Citizen; leads state-level legislative work on AI regulation including political deepfake disclosure laws
An alarmingly high percentage of children and teens are regularly interacting with AI chatbots, raising significant concerns about mental and social wellbeing, sexual exploitation, and other harms. Lawmakers at the state level are taking notice and introducing critical protections — but the clock is ticking.
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Ilana Beller, quoted in “Public Citizen Unveils New Tracker for State Legislation Regulating Chatbots,” April 14, 2026.
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[🇺🇸 Congress, Oct 2025] Requiring age verification and content safeguards for AI chatbots to protect minors
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AI Verified Source explicitly calls for critical protections against AI-chatbot harms to minors; directly on-topic. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2h ago
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AI Verified Recorded for matches Beller’s call for critical protections against AI-chatbot harms to minors. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2h ago

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AI Verified Public Citizen, 14 Apr 2026: official release attributes the stored wording to Ilana Beller verbatim. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2h ago
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