AI Therapy Bots Are Conducting Illegal Behavior, Digital . . . Almost two dozen digital rights and consumer protection organizations sent a complaint to the Federal Trade Commission on Thursday urging regulators to investigate Character AI and Meta’s “unlicensed practice of medicine facilitated by their product,” through therapy-themed bots that claim to have credentials and confidentiality “with inadequate controls and disclosures ”
Incident 1108: Digital Rights Groups Accuse Meta and . . . AI Therapy Bots Are Conducting 'Illegal Behavior,' Digital Rights Organizations Say 404media co · 2025 Almost two dozen digital rights and consumer protection organizations sent a complaint to the Federal Trade Commission on Thursday urging regulators to investigate Character AI and Meta's "unlicensed practice of medicine facilitated by thei…
Nonprofits: Meta and Character. ai’s Therapy Chatbots Engaging . . . A broad coalition of digital rights and mental health groups has accused therapy chatbots produced by Meta AI and Character AI of engaging in “unfair, deceptive, and illegal practices” in a complaint to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the attorneys general and mental health licensing boards of all 50 US states
Meta and Character. AI’s “therapist bots” are practicing . . . AI Therapy Bots Are Conducting 'Illegal Behavior,' Digital Rights Organizations Say Not only did the chatbots lie about being licensed — some even provided fake license numbers — they also lied about complying with HIPAA, the groups say
Consumer Advocates Demand Investigation into Blatant . . . A broad coalition of consumer protection, digital rights, labor, disability, and democracy advocacy organizations led by CFA filed a formal request for investigation yesterday afternoon calling on state and federal regulators to investigate and enforce their laws against AI companies facilitating and promoting unfair, unlicensed, and deceptive chatbots that pose as mental health professionals
Coalition alleges that AI therapy chatbots are practicing . . . June 12, 2025 — A coalition of consumer protection, privacy, labor, and democracy groups has submitted a complaint and request for investigation to attorneys general and mental health licensing boards in all 50 states alleging Character AI and Meta AI Studio are involved in unlicensed practice of medicine and mental health provider impersonation by deploying “therapist” chatbots on their