(The Center Square) – A U.S. lawmaker is once again demanding that Meta prevent minors from accessing its AI chatbots, citing the technology company’s “glaring failure to properly and transparently consider the risks to young users” before releasing new features on its platforms.

In a scathing Monday letter sent to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., called out the company’s disregard of safety, privacy, and mental health concerns surrounding minors’ use of AI chatbots on Facebook, Instagram, and other Meta-owned sites.

“I first made this request in a letter to you in 2023, when I warned that your company was ‘rushing out a product prematurely, without considering the consequences for young people online,’” Markey wrote. “You disregarded that request, and two years later,

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