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POLICY BYTES • 2026

Congress Can Ensure AI Doesn’t Turbocharge Mass Surveillance

On June 12, the law our government uses to spy on Americans expired. While intended to target foreign individuals, Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) has a loophole that a...

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RESEARCH • 2026

Growing Up With Chatbots: Why We Need National Minor Safety Benchmarks

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POLICY BYTES • 2026

Introducing a Non-Personified Chatbot Default Setting as a Safety Guardrail for Minors

Recent accounts of teenagers forming intense and unhealthy relationships with chatbots have opened Congress’s eyes to the need to regulate this transformative technology. As policymakers weigh o...

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POLICY BYTES • 2026

The recent legal victories against Big Tech are promising, but not enough to protect kids

A series of legal victories against Meta captured headlines as families won redress for harms to minors linked to social media and AI products. These cases tested a consequential legal question: wheth...

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