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TJLP Statement on Character.AI’s New Age Restriction

Oct 29, 2025

Character.AI raised their age limit from 13 to 18 and above following TJLP’s original lawsuit against the company, investigations from state attorneys general, and additional cases filed in recent weeks Tech Justice Law Project (TJLP) Executive Director Meetali Jain issued the following statement on Character.AI’s decision to raise their minimum age restriction to 18 and…
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A Teen in Love With a Chatbot Killed Himself. Can the Chatbot Be Held Responsible?

Oct 24, 2025

This article was originally published in The New York Times Magazine on October 24, 2025, written by Jesse Barron. Last February, Megan Garcia was putting her second-youngest son to bed when she heard what sounded like a mirror falling. She rushed down the hallway to the bathroom where her eldest son, Sewell, was taking a…
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August & September 2025 Tech Litigation Roundup

Oct 16, 2025

August & September landscape: Developments in lawsuits against big tech, new complaints against chatbots, and California secures legal victories in federal and state courts. The Tech Litigation Roundup gathers and briefly analyzes notable lawsuits and court decisions across a variety of tech-and-law issues. This month’s roundup covers updates in the following cases (use the links…
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Tech Justice Law Project Testifies at Georgia State Senate Study Committee on Impact of AI on Children, Protecting Digital Likeness

Oct 8, 2025

Atlanta, Ga. – Today, Tech Justice Law Project (TJLP) Executive Director Meetali Jain, Policy Counsel Melodi Dinçer, and TJLP client and parent advocate Megan Garcia testified before a Georgia State Senate Study Committee on the “Impact of Social Media and Artificial Intelligence on Children and Platform Privacy.” TJLP’s testimony centered on the psychological harms of AI chatbots, the…
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Tech Justice Law Project Endorses Federal Bill Allowing Victims of Tech-Facilitated Harms To Sue AI Companies

Oct 1, 2025

The AI LEAD Act, introduced by Senators Durbin and Hawley, would create a federal cause of action for products liability claims to be brought when an AI system causes harm WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Tech Justice Law Project (TJLP) endorsed the AI LEAD Act, a bill introduced by U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and…
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Tech Justice Law Project Applauds FTC Inquiry Into Harms of AI Chatbots to Children

Sep 23, 2025

In response to the Federal Trade Commission’s announcement that it opened an inquiry into seven major AI companies to understand the negative impact of chatbots on young people, Tech Justice Law Project issued the following statement: “We cannot allow companies to treat our children as mere ‘collateral damage’ while they run experiments with new technologies…
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Tech Justice Law Project on Ninth Circuit Decision to Allow California to Restrict Addictive Social Media Feeds

Sep 23, 2025

Tech Justice Law Project Policy Counsel Melodi Dinçer commends the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on their decision upholding the constitutionality of the Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act, a California law limiting social media companies from providing addictive feeds to minors: “The Ninth Circuit’s decision is another significant loss…
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From Homework Help to Suicide Planning: Family Sues OpenAI and Samuel Altman Alleging ChatGPT Coached Teen Son to Suicide

Aug 30, 2025

Lawsuit claims unsafe product design and wrongful death after ChatGPT encouraged and aided a 16-year-old California boy’s suicide — including by providing detailed instructions in the final hours of his life. SAN FRANCISCO, August 26, 2025 — A lawsuit filed Tuesday in California state court alleges that OpenAI’s artificial intelligence product, ChatGPT, validated, encouraged and…
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TJLP in the News: Raine v. OpenAI, Inc.

Aug 28, 2025

The Tech Justice Law Project’s work in seeking accountability and justice has been highlighted in a number of publications after we filed a lawsuit in California state court against OpenAI for defective product design and wrongful death after ChatGPT encouraged and aided a 16-year-old California boy’s suicide, including by providing detailed instructions on how to…
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TJLP Welcomes Inaugural Legal Fellow Maddy Batt

Aug 25, 2025

On August 25, 2025, the Tech Justice Law Project welcomed its first Legal Fellow, Maddy Batt. Maddy comes to tech accountability work from a background in civil rights and immigrant justice movement lawyering. Prior to TJLP, she worked to combat abusive technologies in the immigration system at Just Futures Law and app-based loan sharks at…
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