They’re aimed at protecting minors, but the rules are not universally supported.
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California Governor Gavin Newsom has
Critics such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation against other age verification laws. Newsom signed additional measures with similar goals of protecting youth from potentially risky tech applications. Those include an expanded definition of child sexual exploitation to include generative AI-made or digitally altered images. Another bill offers new protections against targeted advertising and regulates AI systems' use of data about K-12 students.