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- Tom Steyer could bring his brother Jim Steyer’s child-safety agenda into California tech policy if elected governor.
- Jim Steyer’s Common Sense Media pushes an under-16 social-media ban that tech firms resist because it would need age-data collection.
- California lawmakers have introduced age-verification, chatbot-safety redesign, and third-party audit bills despite industry opposition.
- Critics warn that the OpenAI partnership for an AI safety institute could enable industry self-regulation and dilute child-protection aims.
