Senate Judiciary Members Claim Meta Unmotivated to Stop CSAM

The Senate Judiciary Committee is “gravely concerned” Instagram lacks the “motivation” to stop the promotion of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on its platform, Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and ranking member Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., wrote Friday in a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Other signers included Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn.; Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.; and Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa. They cited reports (see 2306140051) that Instagram’s algorithms promote and facilitate “sexual interest in and activity with children,” including the sharing of CSAM. Findings from Stanford scholars show the company has a “general lack of resources devoted” to stopping the spread of CSAM, they said. The company didn’t comment.