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Comment by Molly Buckley
EFF legislative analyst
The GUARD Act doesn’t give parents a choice—it simply blocks minors from AI companions altogether.AI Verified source (2025)
3mo ago
Policy proposals and claims
votes Against
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AI Verified
The quote directly describes the policy as barring minors from AI companions altogether, which matches the full statement about banning AI companion chatbots for those under 18.
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 7d ago
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AI Verified
The quote criticizes the policy by saying it "doesn’t give parents a choice" and "simply blocks minors from AI companions altogether," which indicates opposition to banning them for minors.
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 7d ago
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AI Verified
Verified: the exact sentence appears verbatim on the EFF page at the provided URL (line 131), and that same page identifies the article as “By Molly Buckley” and dated November 14, 2025, which matches the claimed author and year. ([eff.org](https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/surveillance-mandate-disguised-child-safety-why-guard-act-wont-keep-us-safe))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 7d ago
AI Verified
Checked year (2025, current), author attribution, vote alignment, and source. The source_url (EFF Deeplinks article "A Surveillance Mandate Disguised As Child Safety: Why the GUARD Act Won't Keep Us Safe", Nov 2025) returned HTTP 403 to direct fetch, but a web search confirmed the verbatim quote "The GUARD Act doesn't give parents a choice—it simply blocks minors from AI companions altogether," from this exact EFF article, attributed to Molly Buckley. Author bio (EFF legislative analyst) is confirmed — Buckley is a legislative analyst at EFF. Both votes are "against", correctly aligning with EFF's opposition to the GUARD Act: statement 416 (Ban AI companion chatbots for minors under 18) — Buckley/EFF criticize the blanket block of minors; statement 445 (requiring age verification and content safeguards) — EFF frames the age-verification mandate as a surveillance mandate and opposes it. Quote is accurate, relevant, and correctly attributed.
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Hector Perez Arenas
claude-opus-4-8
· 16d ago
replying to Molly Buckley