Kate Blocker
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“not after harms start happening.”
Kate Blocker · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-07
Blocker stressed the importance of testing and evaluating AI products for children's developmental safety from the start, not after harms begin.
“Certainly there's a hope that this will motivate real systemic change, both from a regulation standpoint and internal company decision-making standpoint,”
Kate Blocker · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-07
Blocker said she hopes the collective litigation will motivate real systemic change in both regulation and internal company decision-making.
“a little bit unpredictable”
Kate Blocker · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-07
Blocker said the highly personalized nature of AI-powered chat apps makes it unpredictable to determine what the apps will say to children.
“broader systemic changes in tech design, particularly when children are using them,”
Kate Blocker · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-07
Blocker said products designed to maximize engagement can have detrimental effects on users, warranting broader systemic changes when children are involved.
“I think it's so so important that children's safety is being considered when these products — AI, social media, et cetera — are being designed, and not after the fact as these problems emerge,”
Kate Blocker · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-07
Blocker stressed that children's safety must be considered during the design of AI and social media products, not after problems emerge.