
Senate Commerce Committee Subpoenas Meta, TikTok, and Snap Over AI Companion Bots for Minors
Lawmakers demand internal research on engagement algorithms, suicide-risk incidents, and age-verification bypass rates ahead of August hearings.
Credence Wire Journalist
Deputy Editor, AI & Systems
Covers AI policy, frontier model governance, and the geopolitics of compute. Previously at The Information. Based in Washington D.C.

Lawmakers demand internal research on engagement algorithms, suicide-risk incidents, and age-verification bypass rates ahead of August hearings.

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