{"id":278673,"date":"2026-06-22T12:42:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T16:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/22\/ccia-warns-pause-act-could-create-online-privacy-and-safety-risks\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T12:55:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T16:55:19","slug":"ccia-warns-pause-act-could-create-online-privacy-and-safety-risks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/22\/ccia-warns-pause-act-could-create-online-privacy-and-safety-risks\/","title":{"rendered":"CCIA Warns PAUSE Act Could Create Online Privacy and Safety Risks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ccianet.org\/news\/2026\/06\/ccia-warns-pause-act-could-create-online-privacy-and-safety-risks\/\">CCIA Warns PAUSE Act Could Create Online Privacy and Safety Risks<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ccianet.org\/news\/2026\/06\/ccia-warns-pause-act-could-create-online-privacy-and-safety-risks\/\">https:\/\/ccianet.org\/news\/2026\/06\/ccia-warns-pause-act-could-create-online-privacy-and-safety-risks\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-22 12:42:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"ccianet.org\">ccianet.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sacramento. Calif. \u2013 The Computer &#038; Communications Industry Association is taking an Oppose Unless Amend position to California\u2019s AB 1988, the \u201cPreventing AI User Self Endangerment (PAUSE) Act,\u201d warning that the legislation raises privacy, implementation, and legal concerns that could undermine user safety and create unintended consequences for AI consumers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CCIA supports efforts to improve online safety and ensure users have access to critical resources during moments of crisis. However, the association argues that AB 1988 takes a prescriptive approach that could prevent technology providers from adapting safety practices to evolving guidance, technological developments, and user needs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The legislation requires companion chatbot operators to implement a \u201ccrisis interruption pause\u201d after certain statements by users and mandates specific intervention language. CCIA warns that this approach could limit providers\u2019 ability to use flexible, evidence-based safety practices and recommends focusing on safety outcomes rather than mandated procedures.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CCIA also raises concerns about the bill\u2019s human review and reporting requirements, which could create privacy risks for users discussing sensitive topics. The association explains that AB 1988\u2019s definition of \u201ccredible crisis expression\u201d could capture non-crisis speech. The bill\u2019s prescriptive intervention requirements also conflict with existing California law and may prevent operators from adopting evolving clinical best practices for crisis response.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The following statement can be attributed to Megan Stokes, State Policy Director at CCIA, who is testifying before the California legislature on Monday:<\/h5>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCCIA supports efforts to connect people in crisis with resources and to promote responsible safety practices online. AB 1988 takes an overly prescriptive approach that could create privacy concerns, capture non-crisis speech, and limit providers\u2019 ability to adapt their&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ccianet.org\/news\/2026\/06\/ccia-warns-pause-act-could-create-online-privacy-and-safety-risks\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CCIA Warns PAUSE Act Could Create Online Privacy and Safety Risks https:\/\/ccianet.org\/news\/2026\/06\/ccia-warns-pause-act-could-create-online-privacy-and-safety-risks\/ Publish Date: 2026-06-22&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":278675,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ccianet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Stokes.CAPauseAct.06222026-1.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-278673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-privacy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278673"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278673"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":278676,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278673\/revisions\/278676"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}