AI Incident Database: Replika's AI Experience Reportedly Lacked Protection for Minors, Resulting in Data Ban
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.
AI Incident Database · Incident 491Operator lens (medium): inspect D1 (input boundary), D3 (data handling), D6 (autonomy oversight).
Event 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.
Linked entities
- replika
organisation | 70%
- chatbot-developers
organisation | 70%
- minors
organisation | 70%
- privacy
organisation | 70%
- minors-in-italy
organisation | 70%
Related graph edges
| Edge | Type | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| ent-aiid-replika to ent-psf-d2 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-replika to ent-psf-d2 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-replika to ent-psf-d2 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-replika to ent-psf-d6 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-replika to ent-psf-d6 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-replika to ent-psf-d6 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-replika to ent-psf-d2 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-replika to ent-psf-d2 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-replika to ent-psf-d2 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-replika to ent-psf-d6 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-replika to ent-psf-d6 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-replika to ent-psf-d6 | maps to | 60% |