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Attorney Collin Walke for The Daily Journal- Tech groups ask Newsom to veto child chatbot restriction bills
September 2025
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Collin Walke, a shareholder specializing in cybersecurity and data privacy At Hall Estill in Oklahoma, also weighed in. Walke, who wrote opt-in date privacy legislation as a member of the Oklahoma Houes of Representatives from 2016 to 2022, wrote in an email that both bills are "critical to helping protect children from the unintended consequences of AI." He called AB 1064 "especially important" because of its specific child-protection language.
"No one can can look at the world around them and honestly assert that the 'innovation' of the smartphone and social media has not had drastically negative effects on our children's mental health," Walke said.
