{"id":192224,"date":"2026-03-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/03\/lawmakers-consider-harms-of-artificial-intelligence-social-media-particularly-for-children-news\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T00:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T05:40:10","slug":"lawmakers-consider-harms-of-artificial-intelligence-social-media-particularly-for-children-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/03\/lawmakers-consider-harms-of-artificial-intelligence-social-media-particularly-for-children-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawmakers consider harms of artificial intelligence, social media, particularly for children | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.griffindailynews.com\/news\/lawmakers-consider-harms-of-artificial-intelligence-social-media-particularly-for-children\/article_a2c84cfd-d74f-5c9f-ac9a-62b1cde9c636.html\">Lawmakers consider harms of artificial intelligence, social media, particularly for children | News<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.griffindailynews.com\/news\/lawmakers-consider-harms-of-artificial-intelligence-social-media-particularly-for-children\/article_a2c84cfd-d74f-5c9f-ac9a-62b1cde9c636.html\">https:\/\/www.griffindailynews.com\/news\/lawmakers-consider-harms-of-artificial-intelligence-social-media-particularly-for-children\/article_a2c84cfd-d74f-5c9f-ac9a-62b1cde9c636.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-03 00:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.griffindailynews.com\">www.griffindailynews.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Georgia General Assembly is introducing several bills to regulate the use of algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI), focusing on issues like obscenity, privacy erosion, and identity exploitation, especially concerning children.<\/li>\n<li>Senate Bill 398, targeting &#8220;virtual peeping&#8221; where AI creates explicit images, was passed with a bipartisan vote, highlighting deep concerns over AI&#8217;s impact.<\/li>\n<li>Efforts to regulate social media algorithms began in 2024 with a law that was blocked by a federal court decision on free speech grounds; a new bill (SB 495) on regulating social media algorithms did not advance.<\/li>\n<li>Other bills aiming at protecting children from AI, like SB 540, SB 418, and SB 488, have passed committee stages and could see further legislative action.<\/li>\n<li>Many bills face opposition from the tech industry and free speech advocates, who argue that the measures might hamper innovation and expose private information.<\/li>\n<li>Critics like Sen. 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