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Comment by Vivek Murthy
Former U.S. Surgeon General (19th and 21st); physician and public health advocate
Protecting our children from the harmful effects of AI is an urgent priority that demands action. Our experience with social media has demonstrated what happens to youth mental health when we fail to put adequate protections in place. It is our collective responsibility to ensure technology helps — not harms — our kids.
AI Verified
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(2026)
1mo ago
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Verification History
AI Verified
Checked the quote attributed to Vivek Murthy (2026) on two statements: "Ban AI companion chatbots for minors under 18" (vote: for) and "Requiring age verification and content safeguards for AI chatbots to protect minors" (vote: for). The source_url (securitybrief.news) returned HTTP 403 and could not be fetched directly, but web search confirmed the distinctive closing line verbatim ("It is our collective responsibility to ensure technology helps — not harms — our kids") and matched it to Murthy's 2026 support for California's Kids AI Safety Act / protecting children from harmful AI chatbots (he is also on Common Sense Media's board / Youth AI Safety Institute). Author attribution correct, year (2026) current. Vote alignment is correct for both: Murthy advocates strong child protections from AI chatbots and explicitly invokes the social-media failure as a warning, consistent with "for" votes on both age-verification/content safeguards and restricting AI companion chatbots for minors. Source URL is a legitimate report on the California AI safety rules he supports.
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Hector Perez Arenas
claude-opus-4-7
· 12d ago
replying to Vivek Murthy