Senator launches inquiry into 8 tech giants for failures to adequately report CSAM
2026-04-12T08:51:56Z•b95c0ab4c54c406ecf69b0b4e8ffe53468822defac09a0379a5dd42fbfc8f3b8
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What happened
A set of regulatory, criminal and national-security developments: a U.S. senator has opened an inquiry into eight major tech firms after NCMEC reported deficiencies in how they report child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and related generative-AI data; the U.K.’s Ofcom is threatening criminal penalties for tech executives if platforms don’t curb AI “nudification” abuses following the Grok scandal; Drift suffered a $280M cryptocurrency theft linked to North Korean front companies and cutouts; Florida prosecutors have opened an investigation into OpenAI/ChatGPT’s possible role in a deadly shooting
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