{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.britt.senate.gov/news/press-releases/u-s-senator-katie-britt-joins-cnns-state-of-the-union-to-discuss-protecting-minors-from-the-growing-threat-of-big-tech-ai/", "U.S. Senator Katie Britt Joins CNN\u2019s State of the Union to Discuss Protecting Minors from the Growing Threat of Big Tech, AI", "2025-12-28", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "Senate", "AL", "Katie Boyd Britt", "B001319", "www.britt.senate.gov", "britt", "https://www.britt.senate.gov/media/press-releases/", "scraper", "\u2018How many parents \u2026 are going to have to come and tell us a devastating story before we actually pass legislation?\u2019\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) joined CNN\u2019s Jake Tapper on a special edition of State of the Union, which focused on the growing threat of Big Tech and artificial intelligence (AI).\n\nOn raising teenagers in the age of social media and AI:\n\n\u201cI often say I don\u2019t have to ask people what it\u2019s like to raise kids right now, I am living it. We have two teenagers \u2026 15 and 16. And so when you come with that perspective, you know that there are parents out there that are looking for tools to help keep their children safe. Also, when you look at both social media and technology and how fast everything is moving, it\u2019s truly hard to keep up \u2026 So I think if we think about all of those things and what our kids are dealing with right now, it is imperative that we put up guardrails, especially when you\u2019re looking at AI.\u201d\n\nOn the harms of AI chatbots and the GUARD Act, legislation that would put guardrails around chatbots for minors:\n\n\u201cI have met with a number of parents who have told me devastating stories about their children, where chatbots ultimately \u2026 had isolated them from their parents, had talked to them about suicide, had talked to them about a number of things. And you think about this: If these AI companies can make the most brilliant machines in the world, they could do us all a service by putting up proper guardrails that did not allow for minors to utilize these things \u2026 And that\u2019s one thing that this legislation does.\u201d\n\nOn Big Tech and Congress\u2019s failure to deliver solutions and protect American families:\n\n\u201cI mean, truly enough is enough. I mean, I also want to say: How long is it going to take Congress to actually act? \u2026 We\u2019ve been talking about this for years. How many parents like the one that we just heard from are going to have to come and tell us a devastating story before we actually pass legislation? The truth is (that) these AI companies can absolutely do much of this on their own. But we know consistently, time and time again, whether it\u2019s been social media companies or now some of the AI space that we consistently see people putting their profits over actual people \u2026\n\n\u201cI want to elevate this topic for parents from coast to coast. [Congress is] not doing enough to put up guardrails. I mean, you and I did not grow up with front facing cameras \u2026 If these things were happening in a storefront on a main street in Alabama, we would shut that store down \u2026 So I am disappointed and will continue to push, because I think the time to act for Congress is now \u2026 People are over it, and we\u2019re over people going to DC and just dragging their feet and coming up with an excuse. Get in a room and let\u2019s figure out a pathway forward. That\u2019s certainly what I\u2019m committed to doing.\u201d\n\nSenator Britt has been a leader on reining in Big Tech and social media companies and a champion for children\u2019s safety online since she came to Congress. She has led a number of bipartisan pieces of legislation, including the Stop the Scroll Act and Kids Off Social Media Act, both of which would set critical guardrails on social media platforms and companies.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.britt.senate.gov/news/press-releases/u-s-senator-katie-britt-joins-cnns-state-of-the-union-to-discuss-protecting-minors-from-the-growing-threat-of-big-tech-ai/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0265358723700047, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}