Lawmakers Grill Tech CEOs as Online Child Sexual Exploitation Reaches Record Highs
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Reports of online child sexual abuse material (CSAM) reached record levels in 2022, with over 36 million reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
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Senators grilled social media CEOs, including from Meta, TikTok, and Twitter, about their failure to prevent child sexual exploitation online.
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Lawmakers expressed frustration with tech companies' insufficient efforts against CSAM and their reluctance to support proposed legislation.
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AI-generated CSAM is an emerging issue, with new tools making it easier to create exploitative images and video.
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Solutions like updated laws, AI detection tools, access controls, and preventative "safety by design" models are needed to combat AI-generated CSAM.