By Masha Borak ( September 22, 2026, 22:00 GMT | Insight) -- Leaders from EU, France, Spain, Kenya and Australia convened at a UN dialogue to urge governments to move faster on AI child safety, citing the delayed response to social-media harms. The discussion came as the Commission’s proposed Kids Act, backed by France and Germany, would place new safety obligations on social-media platforms, app stores, games and AI chatbots.Global governments should learn from the harms associated with social media and move faster to address AI risks, speakers said at a UN high-level dialogue on protecting children online, including from AI platforms....
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