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AI: the Garante fines the company that operates the chatbot “Replika”

Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (Italy) · published 2025-05-19

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garante-replika-2025 · last checked 2026-10-18 · voice: government · origin: global north

Regulator’s announcement of a €5 million GDPR fine decided on 10 April 2025, including findings on absent age verification. In Italian.

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    By 2025–26, governments and regulators in several countries had acted on companion chatbots and young users: US study orders on effects on children, a California law on disclosure and crisis protocols, an Italian fine that cited missing age verification, and Australian industry codes applied to companions.

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