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Newsom signed 13 new laws to protect kids from technology. Will they work?
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Even a decade ago, the horror stories behind some of the 13 children’s online protection bills Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Thursday seemed the stuff of fiction. An AI chatbot coaching a teenager to isolate himself from friends and family and ultimately […] The post Newsom signed 13 new laws to protect kids from technology. Will they work? appeared first on Mountain View Voice .
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This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Even a decade ago, the horror stories behind some of the 13 children’s online protection bills Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Thursday seemed the stuff of fiction. An AI chatbot coaching a teenager to isolate himself from friends and family and ultimately […] The post Newsom signed 13 new laws to protect kids from technology. Will they work? appeared first on Mountain View Voice .
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According to Mountain View Voice’s source item, Newsom signed 13 new laws to protect kids from technology. Will they work?, This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Even a decade ago, the horror stories behind some of the 13 children’s online protection bills Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Thursday seemed the stuff of fiction. An AI chatbot coaching a teenager to isolate himself from friends and family and ultimately […] The post Newsom signed 13 new laws to protect kids from technology. Will they work? appeared first on Mountain View Voice .
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