Newsom signs strictest US child-safety chatbot and social media laws
California Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed child-safety laws covering social media and AI chatbots, including a rule backed by Sam Altman and "Adam's Law". Pinterest welcomed the draft.
Who is affected and how
- student
- Californian teens will be covered by stricter chatbot and social media protections.
- parent
- New legal protection, and the ability to hold platforms accountable for a child's chatbot use.
- education policymaker
- A model regulation that other states and the EU may watch.
- edtech company
- Compliance of chatbot features aimed at young people needs to be reviewed.
- school leader
- The rules of the platforms students use are changing; this is worth addressing in digital safety education.
Sources
- Governor Newsom signs the strongest child safety chatbot and social media laws in the nationcalifornia state portal | ca.gov · Sep 10, 2026
- California enacts nation’s strongest safety laws for kids, social media, and AI chatbotstransparency coalition · Sep 10, 2026
- California enacts laws restricting chatbots and banning teens from ‘addictive’ social mediacalmatters · Sep 10, 2026
- Newsom signs new laws to protect kids from social media and AI chatbotscbs news · Sep 10, 2026
- California's new child safety laws take aim at AI, social media companiesmashable · Sep 10, 2026
- UPDATE: Newsom signs first-in-nation laws restricting AI, social media use for childrenedsource · Sep 10, 2026
- California enacts nation’s strongest safety laws for kids, social media, and AI chatbots — Transparency Coalition. Legislation for Transparency in AI Now.transparencycoalition.ai · Sep 10, 2026
- California chatbot law sets child safety defaults | Magicamagica.com · Sep 10, 2026
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