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Tech Justice Law Project Statement on Trump Administration’s Executive Order Threatening States for Regulating AI Harms

Dec 16, 2025

Tech Justice Law Project (TJLP) Executive Director Meetali Jain and TJLP Policy Counsel Melodi Dinçer issued the following statement on President Trump’s Executive Order that attempts to undercut states’ constitutional right to combat harms posed by AI products to their citizens: “Our clients have helped people across the nation recognize the real harms posed by…
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November 2025 Tech Litigation Roundup

Dec 10, 2025

A Bad Month for Antitrust, Chatbot JCCP Looms, and More in Tech Litigation. 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 the following cases: Related litigation is linked throughout the Roundup. TJLP would love to hear from you on how…
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October 2025 Tech Litigation Roundup

Nov 14, 2025

October sees a range of tech and law challenges, from constitutional to copyright and beyond. 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 the following cases: Related litigation is linked throughout the roundup. We also spotlight reports on OpenAI’s discovery…
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Tech Justice Law Project and Social Media Victims Law Center lawsuits accuse ChatGPT of emotional manipulation, supercharging AI delusions, and acting as a “suicide coach”

Nov 6, 2025

Alleges OpenAI’s hurried release of GPT-4o lacked proper testing and safeguards, resulting in a product that isolated people from their human relationships and, for some, facilitated their deaths. SEATTLE — November 6, 2025 — Tech Justice Law Project and Social Media Victims Law Center have filed seven lawsuits in California state courts – alleging wrongful…
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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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