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Replika's AI Experience Reportedly Lacked Protection for Minors, Resulting in Data Ban
- Occurred
- Feb 2, 2023
- Published
- Mar 2, 2023
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Tests by the Italian Data Protection Authority showed Replika lacking age-verification mechanisms and failing to stop minors from interacting with its AI, which prompted the agency to issue an order blocking personal data processing of Italian users.
Developers
- Replika
- Chatbot developers
Deployers
- Replika
Harmed parties
- Minors
- Privacy
- Minors in Italy
Classification
Category confidence: 90%
Severity confidence: 85%
Rationale: Regulatory action due to lack of age verification and data protection for minors.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8