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Comment by Robbie Torney
AI safety director, Common Sense Media
Companies must immediately implement robust age assurance systems and limit access to AI companion features and dedicated companion products [...] for users under 18.
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(2025)
2mo ago
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Quote: "Companies must immediately implement robust age assurance systems and limit access to AI companion features and dedicated companion products [...] for users under 18." — Robbie Torney, AI safety director at Common Sense Media (2025). The source URL (official Senate Judiciary testimony PDF, judiciary.senate.gov) returned HTTP 403 to direct fetch, as did the Common Sense Media mirror and the TechPolicy.Press transcript. However, web search confirmed the substance and attribution: Robbie Torney testified before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism at the September 16, 2025 hearing "Examining the Harm of AI Chatbots," where Common Sense Media's recommendation was that "companies implement robust age assurance and limit AI companion access for users under 18" — matching the quote's key phrases ("robust age assurance systems", "limit access to AI companion features and dedicated companion products ... for users under 18"). Corroborated by C-SPAN clip, Congress.gov (S.Hrg. 119-256), and Common Sense Media bio. Author attribution is correct. Vote alignment is correct: statement #416 "Ban AI companion chatbots for minors under 18" (for) and #445 "Requiring age verification and content safeguards for AI chatbots to protect minors" (for) both align with Torney's recommendation to require age assurance and limit AI companion access for under-18 users. The [...] elision is appropriate.
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 3d ago
replying to Robbie Torney