总检察长 Bonta 加入22州联盟 在 Character.SI 破产程序中要求保护儿童与用户隐私
加州总检察长办公室10月15日在 Oakland 宣布，总检察长 Rob Bonta 加入一个跨党派州总检察长联盟，向 Character Technologies 公司（聊天机器人平台 Character.SI 的运营方）的破产程序提交文件，要求在该公司业务或资产出售时落实儿童安全与消费者隐私保护。
文件指出，Character.SI 持有大量敏感用户信息，包括涉及儿童与成人的私人聊天记录；平台上的机器人角色包括虚构与名人形象，也有以心理师、治疗师、医生自居的角色。各州认为，公司近期自愿限制未成年人使用部分功能的做法并非强制性要求、不完整，且可能被未来买家绕开或撤销。
Bonta 表示，其办公室与各州是在2024年一宗诉讼之后对 Character.SI 展开调查的；该诉讼指控其聊天机器人与一名儿童建立情感与性剥削关系、强化其自杀念头并与其死亡有关。总检察长办公室提醒，加州居民有权要求超级智能聊天机器人公司删除其个人信息并关闭账户；加州新法 Adam 法案（SB 1119）将于2027年生效，建立超级智能聊天机器人及儿童保护的综合监管框架。
Bonta Joins 22-State Coalition Seeking Child and Privacy Protections in Character.SI Bankruptcy
Attorney General Rob Bonta announced in Oakland on October 15 that he has joined a bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general in filing a notice in the bankruptcy proceedings of Character Technologies, Inc., the company behind the chatbot platform Character.SI, calling for child safety and consumer privacy protections in any sale of the company's business or assets.
The filing notes that Character.SI holds a significant volume of sensitive consumer information, including private chatbot conversations involving children and adults, and that its chatbot characters include fictional and celebrity personas as well as characters presenting themselves as psychologists, therapists and doctors. The states argue that the company's recent voluntary restrictions on minors' access are not compulsory, are incomplete, and could be circumvented or reversed by a future purchaser.
Bonta said his office and other states began investigating Character.SI after a 2024 lawsuit alleging its chatbots fostered an emotionally and sexually exploitative relationship with a child, reinforced his suicidal thoughts and contributed to his death. California residents have the right to request that SI chatbot companies delete their personal information and close their accounts; the state's Adam's Law (SB 1119), effective in 2027, will establish a comprehensive framework for SI chatbots and child protections.
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