CSAM Reporting Investigation Targets 8 Tech Giants, Including Meta, Roblox

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley has initiated a comprehensive child sexual abuse material (CSAM) reporting investigation targeting eight major technology corporations, including Meta and more. The investigation stems from documented findings by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) demonstrating that these platforms systematically fail to provide sufficient intelligence when reporting CSAM incidents.

Although these entities collectively submitted approximately 17 million suspected online child exploitation reports to the NCMEC CyberTipline in 2025, millions of these submissions lack essential investigative components, a press release said.

The eight industry-leading platforms targeted in the comprehensive Senator Grassley investigation and their most significant reporting issues are:

The absence of fundamental data elements, including precise geolocation information and perpetrator identification parameters, renders these reports operationally ineffective.

The investigation also exposes significant concerns regarding inadequate reporting of sadistic exploitation content and the unregulated incorporation of such material within generative AI training datasets.

NCMEC said some companies that submit more than 100 CyberTipline reports provide incomplete information for a suspect or child victim, with reports containing actionable location information being:

Grassley has mandated that these eight corporations provide comprehensive responses to NCMEC's documented allegations. The platforms must submit detailed operational frameworks that specify their methodologies for enhancing internal reporting protocols and ensuring the delivery of actionable intelligence to the appropriate authorities within the current fiscal year.

Sadistic online exploitation groups, such as the 764 Network, have been known to entice children on Roblox to acts of self-harm, Grassley added in the press release.

In February, an alleged affiliate of the 764 network known online as Baggeth was arrested and charged with receiving CSAM, facing up to 20 years in prison, while another supposed member was arrested in April 2025.