Five US senators are asking that big tech companies explain what efforts they are taking to curb child sexual abuse material.
“We are writing to request information on what your company is actively doing to identify, prevent, and report child sexual abuse material and other forms of child exploitation”
“We write with concern that technology companies have failed to take meaningful steps to stop the creation and sharing of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on their online platforms,” Senators Josh Hawley, Richard Blumenthal, Lindsey Graham, Mazie Hirono, and John Cornyn wrote to Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Monday.
“We are writing to request information on what your company is actively doing to identify, prevent, and report child sexual abuse material and other forms of child exploitation,” the senators added.
According to New York Times author Michael Keller’s Twitter post on Tuesday, Google is one of 36 tech companies being asked to explain what they’re doing to curb CSAM on their platforms.
In their letter the five senators requested that Pichai answer the following questions in writing by December 4 (some questions have been left out or have been condensed for brevity and you can view the full list of questions here).
The five senators cited the New York Times reporting by Keller and Gabriel Dance to back up their concerns, and today Keller listed 36 tech companies that the senators were questioning on the issue of CSAM.
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