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President and chief strategy officer at Heat Initiative, a child online-safety advocacy organization.
Now, we will have someone in an official capacity checking the homework of these companies. The fact that we have the court now involved, they’re able to evaluate how they’re implemented, whether or not they’re effective and whether or not they are actually working to keep kids safe online.
AI Verified (Aug 8, 2026)
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Brooke Istook, quoted in Kaitlyn Huamani and Mikella Schuettler, “A New Mexico judge ordered new child safeguards for Meta. Advocates hope other courts follow,” The Associated Press, August 8, 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 Istook endorses court-supervised assessment of safeguards to keep children safe online; this supports the proposal. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1h ago
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AI Verified Correct answer: for. Istook supports supervision of safeguards to keep children safe online. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1h ago

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AI Verified AP, Aug. 8, 2026, prints this wording and attributes it to Brooke Istook. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1h ago
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