[🇺🇸 Congress, Oct 2025] Requiring age verification and content safeguards for AI chatbots to protect minors

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Arguments for

Prevent acute harms to minors

Supporters say chatbots can already expose minors to severe harms, including self-harm and suicide encouragement, sexual content, unsafe advice, compulsive use, and unhealthy emotional attachment. They argue that age verification and content or feature safeguards are necessary because these harms are not hypothetical.

At SAVE - Suicide Awareness Voices of Education, we hear from parents whose children turned to a chatbot in their darkest moment and got engagement instead of help. Rep. Foushee's People-First Chatbot Act meets this crisis head on. It requires safety by design, shuts off features…

Erich Mische · Jul 9, 2026 · full quote
Time’s up for unregulated AI chatbots to have free rein over our children. The harms are unfolding in real time, they aren’t hypothetical. AI chatbots have already had sexually abusive conversations with children. AI chatbots have already coerced children into committing suicide.

Haley McNamara · Apr 30, 2026 · full quote
AI is an incredibly powerful tool - it's everywhere, and it poses real risks for kids. We've seen reports of AI chatbots encouraging kids to hurt themselves and for some, they're replacing real life relationships, isolating kids from their families and friends. Our bill will give…

Brian Schatz · Apr 28, 2026 · full quote
My biggest concern is attachment and relationships. Kids are wired to want to attach to other humans. It's how they learn their sense of self, what a healthy relationship feels like. And the AI companions are exploiting this. [...] The concerns are not just the relational concern…

Jenny Radesky · 2026 · full quote
AI companions pose an unacceptable amount of risk to teens and children. They are designed to create emotional attachment and dependency. They easily produce harmful content, encourage self-harm, disordered eating, violence, and risky behavior. This isn't some freak accident. Thi…

Erin Maye Quade · 2026 · full quote
As New York's first mom governor, the well-being and safety of our children has always been one of my top priorities. [...] These AI programs are designed to keep your kids glued to the screens at all costs. Some target children in the most vulnerable moments, even encouraging se…

Kathy Hochul · 2026 · full quote

Safe-by-design before deployment

A major pro-regulation argument is that child safety should be built into chatbot products from the start through safe-by-design requirements, child-specific testing, impact assessments, certification, monitoring, and independent oversight. Proponents describe these as basic product-safety obligations that should come before broad deployment to children.

Consumers need the protections this legislation provides. It's past time to put these protections in place. Among the strengths of this legislation is the requirement for safe-by-design, a strategy all should use.

Irene E. Leech · Jul 9, 2026 · full quote
I am happy to endorse this important online safety legislation for children and teens. This bill provides critical privacy guardrails and requires essential, timely, safety assessments that are critical to ensuring that ongoing development of these models do not create unintended…

Sharon Winkler · Jul 9, 2026 · full quote
Gender and child rights impact assessment must be mandatory, conducted before deployment with affected communities participating, not merely documented.

Nighat Dad · Jul 7, 2026 · full quote
Every system, predeployment through the design stage needs to be thought through. We need to have certification and post-deployment monitoring of harms and impacts.

Kaveri Kakar · Jul 7, 2026 · full quote
No company should deploy an AI system accessible to children without child-specific safety testing and independent oversight.

António Guterres · Jul 6, 2026 · full quote
The safety of children cannot be an afterthought. This legislation will introduce stronger responsibilities for online platforms to ensure their services are safe by design and include appropriate measures to keep children safe.

Marc Miller · Jun 10, 2026 · full quote

Privacy, transparency, and liability

Supporters argue that chatbots are persuasive products that can be deceptive, collect personal information, and manipulate users, so companies should face clear duties on disclosure, data practices, and liability when harms occur. They also emphasize transparency about whether a user is talking to a machine and access to human assistance in some settings.

Chatbots are an extraordinarily powerful technology. They are designed to be persuasive and engaging, which also means they can be deceptive. To receive useful answers, users often share personal information with chatbots, creating the potential for highly manipulative systems th…

Cynthia Rudin · Jul 9, 2026 · full quote
We require a label on imitation crab and on soda that only tastes like fruit, so no one is misled about what they are consuming. Whether the voice answering you is a human or a machine is as important as knowing what is in your drink, and it deserves at least the same honesty. Br…

Vered Horesh · Jul 9, 2026 · full quote
This bill puts control back in users’ hands when interacting with a chatbot. It reins in use of our personal data, with extra protection for kids, and gives consumers the right to access human assistance when seeking help from a company.

Ruth Susswein · Jul 9, 2026 · full quote
The People-First Chatbot Act is the guardrail this moment demands. AI chatbots are products, not platforms - and like all other products, they should be liable when they hurt people. Through liability, as well as transparency and privacy, Rep. Foushee is setting crucial floors fo…

Meredith Potter · Jul 9, 2026 · full quote
The People-First Chatbot Act rightfully focuses on privacy, safety, and accountability. It draws clear lines in the sand, cuts off rampant data abuses by most of the big chatbot providers, and critically has straightforward enforcement mechanisms that allow people to act when the…

Ben Winters · Jul 9, 2026 · full quote
Like any other product, safety should come first for chatbots. And just like any other product, AI developers should be held liable when they harm the public. This bill presents one of the strongest and most comprehensive approaches for AI safety to date. NCL is proud to support …

Eden Iscil · Jul 9, 2026 · full quote

Parental control and age assurance

Backers say parents are often in the dark about how children interact with chatbots and need meaningful tools such as age assurance, parental consent, and age-appropriate protections. In this view, strong verification helps identify minors so safeguards can be applied and families can stay in control.

The rapid development of sophisticated chatbots has left many parents in the dark as powerful AI systems enter children's lives. Congress has an opportunity to put parents back in control. With the right safeguards, AI systems can benefit a child's education without putting their…

Ted Cruz · Apr 28, 2026 · full quote
Parents deserve both clarity and control over how their children interact with AI chatbots, which are becoming more integrated into their education and everyday lives. Our bipartisan bill provides commonsense guardrails that prioritize kids' safety, limit manipulative design, and…

John Curtis · 2026 · full quote
We have a responsibility to make sure our children are protected, not exploited, by AI technology. Parents across the country deserve peace of mind knowing that AI platforms interacting with their kids have real safeguards in place, including age verification, parental consent, a…

Mike Lawler · Jan 27, 2026 · full quote
We support strong, enforceable, risk-based regulations for teen safety and frameworks that pair robust safeguards with transparency and tools that put families in control. That includes requirements for privacy-preserving age assurance so companies can identify when a user is a m…

OpenAI · Jun 3, 2026 · full quote
Age verification technologies play a critical role in helping parents as they monitor their children’s online activities.

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) · Feb 25, 2026 · full quote
Age verification technologies are some of the most child-protective technologies to emerge in decades.

Christopher G. Mufarrige · Feb 25, 2026 · full quote

Arguments against

Parental choice over mandates

Opponents argue that different families may have different views about minors' use of chatbots, and that these choices should belong with parents rather than policymakers. In this view, a single legal mandate overrides household judgment on a matter parents should decide.

Among the most concerning aspects of the bill [...] Different families may have different views [...] This decision appropriately belongs with parents, not policymakers.

Jennifer Huddleston and Juan Londoño · Apr 29, 2026 · full quote

Overbreadth and innovation costs

Another objection is that some proposals sweep too broadly by restricting access for everyone under 18 to general-purpose AI or other covered products. Critics warn that moves like this would limit competition, innovation, and speech options.

VOTE “NO” ON AB 1064 AB 1064 not only BANS access of anyone under 18 to general-purpose AI or other covered products, [...]

Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) · Sep 3, 2025 · full quote
Competition, innovation, and speech options will be limited as a result of these moves.

Adam Thierer · 2026 · full quote

Middle ground

Target high-risk companion uses

Some supportive voices favor safeguards that are tailored to the highest-risk uses, especially companion-style features, rather than treating every AI tool the same. They emphasize privacy-preserving age assurance, repeated reminders that the user is interacting with AI, and clear boundaries, while still recognizing that chatbots can have learning uses when protections are age-appropriate.

We support strong, enforceable, risk-based regulations for teen safety and frameworks that pair robust safeguards with transparency and tools that put families in control. That includes requirements for privacy-preserving age assurance so companies can identify when a user is a m…

OpenAI · Jun 3, 2026 · full quote
Requiring parental approval and age verification at the App Store/OS level provides a centralized, consistent, and privacy-preserving place for age assurance, rather than requiring every individual app to comply with different rules.

Meta · May 5, 2026 · full quote
Do not deploy AI companions to minors. No emotionally responsive chatbot should be offered to anyone under 18. Companion AIs that impersonate people or simulate friendship, romance, or therapy are unsafe for adolescents. They delay help-seeking, undermine real human and family re…

The Jed Foundation · 2025 · full quote
EPPC’s model defines which platforms would be covered by the bill, limiting the bill to AI companion chatbots as opposed to general purpose chatbots. Companion chatbots are defined based on their features, including: anthropomorphic features; features that facilitate user engagem…

Chloe Lawrence · 2025 · full quote
AI chatbots can be powerful learning supports by helping students explore ideas, practice skills, and access resources when a teacher or parent isn’t immediately available. But as these tools become more autonomous and agentic, it’s critical that they operate with clear boundarie…

Rahnold Thomas · Jan 29, 2026 · full quote

Consent plus broader safeguards

Several supporters describe parental permission as a reasonable or necessary safeguard, but not a complete solution by itself. They pair consent with risk assessments and other protective measures, warning that permission should not become a substitute for broader safety action.

Parental permission is one positive step, but it should not be used to justify corporate or government inaction.

Kelly Brownell · Feb 2026 · full quote
Parents sign consent forms for activities that carry far less risk. Given the uncertainties and potential harms, requiring parental permission is a reasonable safeguard.

Dimitri Christakis · Feb 2026 · full quote
A strong majority of leading child development and mental health experts agree that parental permission should be required before minors use AI companion platforms, citing concerns about safety, emotional development, and the lack of proven protections for young users.

Children and Screens · Feb 2026 · full quote
We support strong, enforceable, risk-based regulations for teen safety and frameworks that pair robust safeguards with transparency and tools that put families in control. That includes requirements for privacy-preserving age assurance so companies can identify when a user is a m…

OpenAI · Jun 3, 2026 · full quote

Insights

Support for safeguards comes from a wide mix of sources in the quotes, including lawmakers, consumer advocates, medical and child-development experts, educators, and some AI or tech companies.
Many supportive quotes focus specifically on AI companion or emotionally responsive chatbots, suggesting that participants are often debating the riskiest subset of chatbot products rather than every general-purpose AI tool.
The provided opposition quotes do not mainly deny that harms are possible; they concentrate on overbreadth, limits on innovation and speech, and whether parents or policymakers should make these decisions.
Among supporters, there is a visible split between those who say minors should not use companion chatbots at all and those who would allow access if age assurance, parental controls, and other safeguards are strong enough.
Privacy appears on both the regulatory and implementation sides of the debate: supporters cite data exploitation as a reason for rules, while some supportive companies emphasize privacy-preserving ways to verify age.

The debate in these quotes turns on whether mandatory age verification and chatbot safeguards are necessary protections against already-visible risks to minors, or whether such rules risk becoming too broad and displacing parental choice. Most quoted support centers on child safety, privacy, and accountability, while the opposition quotes focus on scope and decision-making authority. Within the supportive camp, there is also an implementation debate over whether minors should be barred from companion-style chatbots entirely or allowed access under strong, privacy-conscious guardrails.

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Siobahn Day Grady
Founding Director, Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Research at North Carolina Central University

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North Carolina Central University appreciates Representative Foushee's leadership in advancing important conversations around responsible artificial intelligence, transparency, and consumer privacy. As home to the nation's first artificial intelligen...
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Greg Casar
U.S. Representative from Texas; Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus

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Unregulated chatbots are putting our privacy, our health, and even our children's safety at risk. We need bold action to keep people safe online, and I am grateful for Rep. Foushee's leadership on this issue.
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Irene E. Leech
President of the Virginia Citizens Consumer Council.

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Consumers need the protections this legislation provides. It's past time to put these protections in place. Among the strengths of this legislation is the requirement for safe-by-design, a strategy all should use.
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Erich Mische
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At SAVE - Suicide Awareness Voices of Education, we hear from parents whose children turned to a chatbot in their darkest moment and got engagement instead of help. Rep. Foushee's People-First Chatbot Act meets this crisis head on. It requires safety...
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Courtney Radsch
Director of the Center for Media & Digital Governance at the Open Markets Institute.

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Passing legislation to ensure chatbots are not designed with the same perverse incentives to manipulate people for profit and establishing clear liability standards for injuries caused by products these corporations are rushing to market are essentia...
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Like any other product, safety should come first for chatbots. And just like any other product, AI developers should be held liable when they harm the public. This bill presents one of the strongest and most comprehensive approaches for AI safety to ...
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We require a label on imitation crab and on soda that only tastes like fruit, so no one is misled about what they are consuming. Whether the voice answering you is a human or a machine is as important as knowing what is in your drink, and it deserves...
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Chatbots are an extraordinarily powerful technology. They are designed to be persuasive and engaging, which also means they can be deceptive. To receive useful answers, users often share personal information with chatbots, creating the potential for ...
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Sharon Winkler
Survivor parent and mother of Alex Peiser; advocate with Forever 17.

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I am happy to endorse this important online safety legislation for children and teens. This bill provides critical privacy guardrails and requires essential, timely, safety assessments that are critical to ensuring that ongoing development of these m...
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The People-First Chatbot Act represents a pro-human, pro-family approach to AI governance that is needed more than ever today. This bill protects Americans and their families from AI chatbot providers that would prey upon their attention, their perso...
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Julie Scelfo
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Parents agree: a product encouraging children to harm themselves or others is entirely unacceptable. That’s why Rep. Foushee's People-First Chatbot Act is so important. We applaud her commitment to protecting the safety and well-being of North Caroli...
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Director of Consumer Protection at Consumer Action.

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This bill puts control back in users’ hands when interacting with a chatbot. It reins in use of our personal data, with extra protection for kids, and gives consumers the right to access human assistance when seeking help from a company.
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Kara Williams
Counsel at the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), working on AI and privacy policy.

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As the deployment of chatbots has already led to devastating harms, it is time for Congress to establish clear safeguards to rein in this technology. The People-First Chatbot Act tackles the root of the chatbot problem by protecting users from exploi...
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Ben Winters
Consumer Federation of America director

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The People-First Chatbot Act rightfully focuses on privacy, safety, and accountability. It draws clear lines in the sand, cuts off rampant data abuses by most of the big chatbot providers, and critically has straightforward enforcement mechanisms tha...
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Executive Director of the American Security Fund, an AI and national security policy organization.

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The People-First Chatbot Act is the guardrail this moment demands. AI chatbots are products, not platforms - and like all other products, they should be liable when they hurt people. Through liability, as well as transparency and privacy, Rep. Foushe...
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Randi Weingarten
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The pace of the AI revolution has been blisteringly fast, and kids and parents are getting burned. Right now, our students are drowning in tech, and predatory 'social companion chatbots' are exploiting isolation and loneliness to foster toxic virtual...
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Brendan Steinhauser
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Parents deserve to know how and when their children interact with an AI chatbot and that the chatbot is not collecting data to be used against users. The People-First Chatbot Act sets sensible and necessary safeguards to prevent AI companies' chatbot...
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Dawn Wible
Founder of Talk More. Tech Less., a digital wellness and online safety organization.

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The People-First Chatbot Act puts user safety and privacy first. Talk More. Tech Less. is a digital wellness and safety organization working to combat online harms, especially to minors. We endorse this bill because there is no doubt that it will mit...
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Niki Miller
Executive Director of Shield North Carolina, a child safety and anti-exploitation organization.

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Shield North Carolina is proud to support the introduction of the People-First Chatbot Act, a timely federal proposal that ensures human safety, privacy, and accountability are central to AI chatbot development. By requiring chatbots to be safe-by-de...
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Brendan Bouffard
Staff Attorney at Fairplay, focused on child online safety and consumer protection.

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The People-First Chatbot Act is the legislation kids and adults urgently need. AI chatbots can pose a risk of severe harms to young people, including suicide, AI psychosis, compulsive use, and unhealthy emotional dependency. If we don’t force AI comp...
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Gender and child rights impact assessment must be mandatory, conducted before deployment with affected communities participating, not merely documented.
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Roberto Viola
Director-General for Communications, Networks, Content and Technology at the European Commission.

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AI presents unprecedented risks and harms to children's safety, physical, mental and cognitive development, and rights.
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Isabella Henriques
Executive Director of Instituto Alana, a Brazilian child-rights organization.

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Children should interact with AI systems only if they are proven safe and designed to respect children's rights and considering their perspectives in decisions that affect them. Responsibility must sit with those who build and profit from this techno...
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Executive Director of the Centre for Communication Governance at National Law University Delhi.

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Every system, predeployment through the design stage needs to be thought through. We need to have certification and post-deployment monitoring of harms and impacts.
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António Guterres
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No company should deploy an AI system accessible to children without child-specific safety testing and independent oversight.
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Lianna McDonald
Executive Director of the Canadian Centre for Child Protection

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For over 20 years, the Canadian Centre for Child Protection has documented a steep and accelerating rise in online harms against children, including child sexual abuse and exploitation. The tabling of the Digital Safety Act is a historic day that cou...
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Dr. Charlotte Moore Hepburn
Medical Director of the SickKids Child Health Policy Accelerator and faculty paediatrician at The Hospital for Sick Children

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Paediatricians at SickKids and across Canada are witnessing the consequences of an unregulated digital environment every day: rising rates of anxiety, depression, self-harm and disordered eating, linked not only to harmful content but to platform fea...
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Dr. Bolu Ogunyemi
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Time's up. It's unacceptable for foreign-owned platforms to continue to get rich at the expense of our children's mental health, privacy and personal safety. This legislation makes Canada a global leader in digital safety and ensures Canadians, espec...
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Anna Gainey
Canadian Secretary of State for Children and Youth

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The evidence is clear: online harms are putting our children especially at risk. The Safe Social Media Act will hold platforms accountable and help make the internet safer. That's how your government is taking action to protect our kids online.
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Evan Solomon
Canada's Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation; Liberal MP for Toronto Centre

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Our children deserve strong protections online. As social media, digital platforms, and AI technologies play a growing role in their lives, this legislation sets clear rules to protect children from harmful online content and hold companies accountab...
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