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  "id": 6760240,
  "title": "California bans addictive social media features for children under 16 and tightens AI chatbot rules",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/california-bans-addictive-social-media-features-for-children-under-16",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-11T12:36:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechSpot",
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    "url": "https://www.techspot.com/news/113820-california-bans-addictive-social-media-features-children-under.html"
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  "summary": "Newsom's office describes the chatbot and social media protections as the strongest in the country, including the nation's first requirements for independent child safety audits and annual risk assessments for companion chatbots. Read Entire Article",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "California governor signs laws aimed at protecting kids from risks of social media, AI chatbots",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/california-governor-signs-laws-aimed-at-protecting-kids-from-risks-of",
        "published": "2026-09-10T20:44:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Economic Times Tech",
        "title": "California governor signs laws aimed at protecting kids from risks of social media, AI chatbots",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/california-governor-signs-laws-aimed-at-protecting-kids-from-risks-of",
        "published": "2026-09-11T05:34:09.000Z"
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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."
}