[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-california-signs-new-child-safety-laws-for-social-media-and-ai":10,"sections":45},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":34,"tags":35,"sources":40,"feedback":44,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":44,"total_tokens":44},6280,"california-signs-new-child-safety-laws-for-social-media-and-ai","California signs new child safety laws for social media and AI","New rules bar under-16 access to addictive social feed features, while a separate law lets platforms be fined up to $1 million per child harmed.","California just made it a lot harder for platforms to keep kids scrolling.\n\nGovernor Gavin Newsom signed a package of bills that tightens rules on social media and AI companies where children are involved. AB 1709 bars users under 16 from accessing social media features built to keep them engaged, like personalized feeds and autoplaying video, unless platforms verify age first. AB 2 makes platforms financially liable for harm to a child, with penalties ranging from $5,000 to $1 million per child. SB 1179, known as Adam's Law, requires companies building companion chatbots to publish annual child safety risk assessments, submit to independent audits, and set up crisis response processes.\n\nThat puts California alongside Australia, one of the only governments to impose a blanket under-16 social media restriction so far - though Australia's ban has proven hard to enforce in practice. It's also a notable reversal for an industry that has spent years lobbying against bills like these: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman reportedly pushed Newsom last week to narrow the package, even as his company has publicly warmed to AI regulation elsewhere.\n\nThe Electronic Frontier Foundation isn't celebrating, calling AB 1709 a flawed law that trades free speech and privacy protections for the appearance of child safety - a tension these bills haven't resolved.","[\"child-safety\",\"social-media\",\"ai-regulation\",\"california\"]","2026-09-11T00:56:21.000Z","2026-09-11T01:12:54.718Z","2026-09-11T01:13:06.473Z","published",null,[24,30],{"id":25,"reviewer":26,"round":27,"reason":28,"status":29},"editor-r1","editor",1,"Fix the dek: it attributes the up-to-$1M fine to 'addictive teen-targeted features,' but the body's AB 2 description ties that penalty to broader 'child harm' liability, not specifically to the addictive-feature violations regulated by the separate AB 1709 — clarify which bill imposes the fine and for what.","resolved",{"id":31,"reviewer":26,"round":32,"reason":33,"status":29},"editor-r2",2,"The dek now correctly separates AB 1709 (no fine) from AB 2 (up to $1M fine for broader harm), but drop the unsupported superlative that this is 'the most aggressive child-safety package any US state has passed' (not attributed to any source) and remove the invented detail that Adam Raine's ChatGPT use was 'extended,' which the source material does not state.","policy",[36,37,38,39],"child-safety","social-media","ai-regulation","california",[41],{"name":42,"url":43},"Mashable","https:\u002F\u002Fmashable.com\u002Ftech\u002Fcalifornia-passes-child-safety-laws-for-social-media-ai",0,{"sections":46},[47,52,56,59,64,69,74,77,82,86,91,96,101,106],{"name":48,"slug":49,"count":50,"latest_published_at":51},"AI","ai",3490,"2026-09-11T04:00:00.000Z",{"name":53,"slug":54,"count":55,"latest_published_at":51},"Security","security",633,{"name":57,"slug":34,"count":58,"latest_published_at":51},"Policy",337,{"name":60,"slug":61,"count":62,"latest_published_at":63},"Deals","deals",179,"2026-06-29T20:02:07.000Z",{"name":65,"slug":66,"count":67,"latest_published_at":68},"Hardware","hardware",153,"2026-09-09T15:12:32.000Z",{"name":70,"slug":71,"count":72,"latest_published_at":73},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",99,"2026-09-09T17:27:33.000Z",{"name":75,"slug":76,"count":72,"latest_published_at":51},"Science","science",{"name":78,"slug":79,"count":80,"latest_published_at":81},"Software","software",75,"2026-09-10T20:41:21.000Z",{"name":83,"slug":84,"count":85,"latest_published_at":51},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",70,{"name":87,"slug":88,"count":89,"latest_published_at":90},"Startups","startups",55,"2026-09-09T23:14:29.000Z",{"name":92,"slug":93,"count":94,"latest_published_at":95},"Gaming","gaming",43,"2026-09-10T12:18:06.000Z",{"name":97,"slug":98,"count":99,"latest_published_at":100},"General","general",41,"2026-09-08T01:57:23.000Z",{"name":102,"slug":103,"count":104,"latest_published_at":105},"Reviews","reviews",20,"2026-06-24T12:00:01.000Z",{"name":107,"slug":108,"count":109,"latest_published_at":110},"How-To","how-to",6,"2026-06-16T09:00:00.000Z"]