{"slug": "senate-democrats-press-meta-on-ai-safeguards-for-at-risk-users", "title": "Senate Democrats press Meta on AI safeguards for ‘at-risk users’", "summary": "Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) sent a letter to Meta demanding details on safeguards for at-risk users as AI-powered scams targeting older Americans surge across the United States.", "body_md": "Two Democrats on the Senate Special Committee on Aging sent a letter to tech giant Meta asking what safeguards the company has in place to protect “at-risk users,” while AI scams are on the rise across the United States. In the letter, Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) noted cognitive changes for older…", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/senate-democrats-press-meta-on-ai-safeguards-for-at-risk-users", "canonical_source": "https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5997499-senators-ask-meta-ai-safeguards/", "published_at": "2026-07-29 18:51:01+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-29 19:02:31.721982+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-safety", "ai-policy", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Kirsten Gillibrand", "Mark Kelly", "Meta", "Senate Special Committee on Aging"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/senate-democrats-press-meta-on-ai-safeguards-for-at-risk-users", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/senate-democrats-press-meta-on-ai-safeguards-for-at-risk-users.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/senate-democrats-press-meta-on-ai-safeguards-for-at-risk-users.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/senate-democrats-press-meta-on-ai-safeguards-for-at-risk-users.jsonld"}}