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The Record: New Google program targeting children with AI chatbot may violate FTC privacy rules 

May 21, 2025

In a scathing letter to the Federal Trade Commission, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and the children’s advocacy group Fairplay condemned Google for alerting parents to the change “via an email that indicates the company will not be requiring verifiable parental consent before engaging in this new form of data collection and use.” 

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