Pence-backed think tank joins push to keep kids’ safety bills out of AI package
A conservative coalition that includes Mike Pence's Advancing American Freedom is lobbying against bundling children's online safety legislation into a broader AI policy package, arguing the proposals would introduce privacy risks and suppress lawful speech online.
Why this matters: Children's safety bills and AI regulation are both complicated on their own. Combining them creates something harder to read and easier to oppose. The coalition's privacy and free expression arguments are worth taking seriously — some kids' safety proposals have real civil liberties costs. But those arguments also get used to run out the clock on legislation that would put real limits on platforms. The fight here is not really about protecting kids or protecting privacy. It is about who controls the terms of the debate while nothing gets passed.
Who should care: General readers · AI governance · Policy · Privacy officers
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