{"id":157714,"date":"2026-09-21T09:30:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T09:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=157714"},"modified":"2026-09-21T09:30:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T09:30:21","slug":"chinese-regulator-drafts-rules-to-protect-teenagers-from-intimate-ai-companions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=157714","title":{"rendered":"Chinese regulator drafts rules to protect teenagers from \u2018intimate\u2019 AI companions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostChina\u2019s top internet watchdog has drafted new rules to regulate how social platforms and game developers should protect minors, including a ban on offering \u201cvirtual intimacy services\u201d to those under 18 as artificial intelligence-powered companions gain traction.<br \/>\nThe rules, titled \u201cEnsuring minors\u2019 safe and healthy use of the internet\u201d, would ban online platforms from providing \u201cvirtual relatives or companions\u201d, and prohibit them from offering services that \u201cinduce minors to become addicted or&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/policy\/article\/3368252\/chinese-regulator-drafts-rules-protect-teenagers-intimate-ai-companions?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostChina\u2019s top internet watchdog has drafted new rules to regulate how social platforms and game developers should protect minors, including a ban on offering&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157714"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=157714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157714\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=157714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=157714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=157714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}