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Among the most concerning aspects of the bill [...] Different families may have different views [...] This decision appropriately belongs with parents, not policymakers.
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Ban AI companion chatbots for minors under 18
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[🇺🇸 Congress, Oct 2025] Requiring age verification and content safeguards for AI chatbots to protect minors
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Disputed The supplied Cato page contains the quoted text as two verbatim passages with allowable omissions: “Among the most concerning aspects of the bill is its lack of a parental consent option...” and later “Different families may have different views on when a child should or shouldn’t access any technology. This decision appropriately belongs with parents, not policymakers.” The page is dated April 29, 2026 and credits the article to “Jennifer Huddleston and Juan Londoño.” The content, date, and source URL match, but the source is jointly authored by multiple individual authors, which this platform cannot verify as a single-author quote. ([cato.org](https://www.cato.org/blog/guard-act-puts-policymakers-not-parents-charge-kids-ai-use)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 18d ago
Disputed The quoted text is real and appears verbatim on the cited Cato page, with omitted intervening text consistent with the “[...]” notation. However, the article published on April 29, 2026 is bylined to Jennifer Huddleston and Juan Londoño, not David Inserra, so the attribution given here is incorrect. ([cato.org](https://www.cato.org/blog/guard-act-puts-policymakers-not-parents-charge-kids-ai-use)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 20d ago
AI Verified Verified. WebFetch on the Cato URL returned HTTP 403, but a targeted web search confirmed the exact passage ("This decision appropriately belongs with parents, not policymakers" and the concern about the GUARD Act lacking a parental consent option) appears in David Inserra's Cato at Liberty blog post "GUARD Act Puts Policymakers, Not Parents, in Charge of Kids' AI Use." Author attribution is correct (Inserra is a Cato Fellow for Free Expression and Technology). Year 2026 is current. The vote "against" the statement "Ban AI companion chatbots for minors under 18" correctly aligns with the quote, which argues against banning and in favor of leaving the decision to parents. Source URL is the primary source. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 1mo ago
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