{"id":188205,"date":"2026-02-17T10:08:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T15:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/17\/ccia-to-testify-against-maine-ld-2162-restricting-access-to-ai-chatbots\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T10:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T15:20:11","slug":"ccia-to-testify-against-maine-ld-2162-restricting-access-to-ai-chatbots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/17\/ccia-to-testify-against-maine-ld-2162-restricting-access-to-ai-chatbots\/","title":{"rendered":"CCIA To Testify Against Maine LD 2162 Restricting Access to AI Chatbots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ccianet.org\/news\/2026\/02\/ccia-to-testify-against-maine-ld-2162-restricting-access-to-ai-chatbots\/\">CCIA To Testify Against Maine LD 2162 Restricting Access to AI Chatbots<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ccianet.org\/news\/2026\/02\/ccia-to-testify-against-maine-ld-2162-restricting-access-to-ai-chatbots\/\">https:\/\/ccianet.org\/news\/2026\/02\/ccia-to-testify-against-maine-ld-2162-restricting-access-to-ai-chatbots\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-17 10:08:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"ccianet.org\">ccianet.org<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Computer &amp; Communications Industry Association (CCIA) will testify against LD 2162 in Maine, arguing it imposes broad restrictions on AI tools and creates legal uncertainty for developers.<\/li>\n<li>LD 2162 would limit access for individuals under 18 to certain AI chatbots and social AI companions, introducing risks that the bill may inhibit beneficial AI technologies.<\/li>\n<li>The bill\u2019s enforcement provisions and civil penalties could lead to excessive litigation, deterring companies from offering innovative AI services in Maine.<\/li>\n<li>CCIA warns that the bill\u2019s rigidity may be hard to implement with fast-evolving AI technologies, ultimately reducing availability of safe, age-appropriate AI tools for education and creativity.<\/li>\n<li>CCIA advocates for targeted, risk-based approaches for online safety and AI policy, which provide clear standards allowing continued innovation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CCIA To Testify Against Maine LD 2162 Restricting Access to AI Chatbots https:\/\/ccianet.org\/news\/2026\/02\/ccia-to-testify-against-maine-ld-2162-restricting-access-to-ai-chatbots\/ Publish Date:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":188206,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ccianet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Sepe.MELD2162.02172026.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-188205","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\/188205"}],"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=188205"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":188207,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188205\/revisions\/188207"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}