{
  "id": 15867798,
  "title": "Youth-led AI safety group demands protections for young users",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/youth-led-ai-safety-group-demands-protections-for-young-users",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-21T08:54:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Semafor",
    "slug": "semafor",
    "url": "https://www.semafor.com/article/10/21/2026/youth-led-ai-safety-group-demands-protections-for-young-users"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Design It For Us, a youth-led organization pushing for safeguards on Big Tech companies, has unveiled an ambitious 2027 AI policy platform, revealed to Semaform first. The group's primary objectives include preventing catastrophic risk, allowing states to enact their own laws, thwarting digital fakes, and emphasizing design that benefits and safeguards individuals. Co-founder Zamaan Qureshi stated that the platform is grounded in feedback from over 700 members spanning 40 states. Qureshi added that Anthropic’s recently exposed bill falls short and the group is urging Congress to pass a bill by the end of 2027, \"because our future is at stake.\" Design It For Us claims to have formulated crucial elements by drawing lessons from Washington's inability to regulate social media. Among these must-haves: the government must have the power to halt the deployment of hazardous models; large AI companies must adhere to independent testing and meet minimum standards for capabilities; companies must bear liability for their products causing harm; and states must retain the ability to regulate AI. The group's policy platform asserts, \"The decisions about AI today will define the world we inherit. We cannot afford to be excluded. Those who build and regulate AI systems must be accountable to the generation that will live with these consequences the longest.\" While Design It For Us has been a vocal player in Capitol Hill discussions on kids' online safety bills, influencing lawmakers to draft more stringent legislation, one of its primary legislative goals, the Kids Online Safety Act, has yet to be passed by Congress. However, if Democrats concentrate on AI safety after gaining control of one or both chambers of Congress next month, the group's work on AI issues positions it well for action.",
  "summary": "Its top goals: Prevent catastrophic risk, allow states to pass their own laws, protect against digital fakes, and focus on design that helps and protects people.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}