The Trump administration wants Congress to clarify how existing kids’ privacy regulations can limit AI platforms’ use of kids’ data to train their models and target advertisements. The White House’s framework on artificial intelligence, released Friday, would build on bipartisan efforts to protect children online that have led more than a dozen states to strengthen protections for minors’ personal data, require online platforms to verify users’ ages, and pursue enforcement actions. The Federal Trade Commission, under Trump-appointed leadership, said protecting kids online is also one of its top enforcement priorities. “It really establishes this basic floor on children’s protection, laying really heavily on parental empowerment and reaffirming that existing, and maybe arguably outdated, privacy laws apply to this new environment rather than imposing new privacy or regulatory obligations,” said Jacqueline Klosek, partner at Goodwin. “I don’t think it clarifies much. If you sit and think about it as a practitioner or as a company operating in the industry, it just creates more worries, really,” Klosek said.
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