The Youth AI Privacy Act’s Privacy Paradox

Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation
by Maddie Daly

“The Senate Commerce Committee is poised to consider the Youth AI Privacy Act, a bill that would require AI companies to create kids-only privacy rules and implement so-called ‘safe design features,’ which would—like three other bills under consideration this week—require more data collection and make it harder for people to access lawful speech online. While the bill is narrower than some other proposed chatbot bills, it still has massive data security implications because it protects information for only certain users.” (08/03/26)

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/08/youth-ai-privacy-acts-privacy-paradox