As Congress Races to Protect Children from AI, One Florida Entrepreneur Already Has
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BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. - Floridant -- BOYNTON BEACH, FL — As the U.S. Senate prepares to vote on the GUARD Act — bipartisan legislation requiring age verification for AI systems used by minors — a South Florida startup has been running a working version of exactly that solution for months. The Blocker, founded by David Goodman of Ask Charly LLC, is a cloud-based parental internet protection platform powered by AgeGuard Intelligence — a proprietary AI engine that calibrates every content decision to a child's exact age using four child development frameworks: Piaget's cognitive development theory, American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines, Common Sense Media ratings, and CDC developmental milestones. Unlike every other parental control product on the market, The Blocker requires no app installation. Parents simply point their child's device to The Blocker's DNS servers. Every website request is evaluated in real time against the child's specific age and developmental stage — not a generic filter, but a decision engine that understands the difference between what is appropriate for a six-year-old and a fifteen-year-old. But the feature that stops parents cold is this: when a child turns off WiFi to get around The Blocker's protection, the AI calls the parent. In its own voice. On their phone. "The number one objection I hear is — my kid will just turn off WiFi. So I made sure Charly calls you the moment that happens. That's not a notification. That's a phone call." — David Goodman, Founder, Ask Charly LLC

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