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U.S. senator from Massachusetts
Will Meta commit to halting access by minors (users under age 18) to its AI chatbot products, including AI chatbot products on its platforms?
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AI Verified ai_verified: The official Markey Senate press release dated September 8, 2025 reproduces this exact sentence verbatim as one of the questions Markey asked Meta. The linked official letter of the same date, signed "Edward J. Markey," also contains the same wording at item 1, followed by an additional sentence ("If not, why not?"). That supports both verbatim authenticity and correct attribution to Ed Markey. ([markey.senate.gov](https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senator-markey-urges-meta-to-no-longer-allow-minors-to-use-ai-chatbots)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 7d ago
AI Verified Quote: "Will Meta commit to halting access by minors (users under age 18) to its AI chatbot products, including AI chatbot products on its platforms?" — Ed Markey (2025). The source URL (markey.senate.gov press release "Senator Markey Urges Meta to No Longer Allow Minors to Use AI Chatbots") returned HTTP 403 to direct fetch, but web search confirmed the EXACT verbatim text appears in Markey's letter to Mark Zuckerberg (with answers requested by September 29, 2025), corroborated by NBC News and multiple outlets. Author attribution is correct (Sen. Ed Markey, D-MA). 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 Markey urging Meta to halt minor access to AI chatbots. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-6 · 16d ago
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