{"id":180398,"date":"2026-01-21T16:12:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T21:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/21\/michigan-lawmakers-block-kids-from-ai-chatbots-limit-social-media\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T16:25:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T21:25:12","slug":"michigan-lawmakers-block-kids-from-ai-chatbots-limit-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/21\/michigan-lawmakers-block-kids-from-ai-chatbots-limit-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan lawmakers: Block kids from AI chatbots, limit social media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bridgemi.com\/michigan-government\/michigan-lawmakers-block-kids-from-ai-chatbots-limit-social-media\/\">Michigan lawmakers: Block kids from AI chatbots, limit social media<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bridgemi.com\/michigan-government\/michigan-lawmakers-block-kids-from-ai-chatbots-limit-social-media\/\">https:\/\/bridgemi.com\/michigan-government\/michigan-lawmakers-block-kids-from-ai-chatbots-limit-social-media\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-01-21 16:12:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"bridgemi.com\">bridgemi.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Michigan&#8217;s proposed legislation aims to limit children&#8217;s use of AI-driven chatbots and addictive social media to address excessive screen time.<\/li>\n<li>The bills seek to enhance data privacy protections for minors, require parental consent for full social media access, and bar under-18s from accessing AI chatbots.<\/li>\n<li>Concerns have been raised by the ACLU about potential unintended consequences and violations of free speech rights due to the age-based restrictions.<\/li>\n<li>The legislation emphasizes the addictive nature of social media algorithms and the risks posed by AI chatbots, as highlighted in studies showing negative outcomes for children.<\/li>\n<li>The bill would place the obligation on tech companies to implement these new age-based restrictions, without specifying the methods for age estimation.<\/li>\n<li>The legislation faces challenges as it needs support from both Democratic-controlled state Senate and Republican-led House to become law.<\/li>\n<li>The proposal aligns with national discussions around tech regulation, as seen in similar measures in California, New York, and other states.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michigan lawmakers: Block kids from AI chatbots, limit social media https:\/\/bridgemi.com\/michigan-government\/michigan-lawmakers-block-kids-from-ai-chatbots-limit-social-media\/ Publish Date: 2026-01-21 16:12:00&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":180399,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/bridgemi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ap-2025-ai-chatbot.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-180398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180398"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180398"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":180400,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180398\/revisions\/180400"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}