Child exploitation rampant online while Big Tech blows chances to help nab predators
By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times - Thursday, April 9, 2026
Social media has made a mess of child exploitation, spawning a massive increase in reports but leaving the major technology companies struggling to turn over the kinds of details investigators need to track down culprits and rescue victims, said a report Thursday by the Senate’s senior lawmaker.
Some tech giants overreported, flooding investigators with “innocuous” images of children or adults and distracting them from valid cases. Others underreported, flagging images but failing to turn over actionable information to identify who was involved or where the exploitation was taking place.
Meta was faulted for failing to take action in instances where children contemplated suicide in chat logs.
Amazon AI Services submitted more than 1 million reports to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, but none included locations or suspects, rendering them useless to investigators.
“As a result of this deficient reporting, zero reports submitted by Amazon AI Services were actionable when made available to law enforcement in 2025,” NCMEC told Sen. Charles E. Grassley, president pro tempore of the Senate and chairman of its Judiciary Committee.
The Iowa Republican called the findings “disturbing” and fired off letters to tech companies saying he was “alarmed.”
“I am concerned that some companies have not provided NCMEC and law enforcement with sufficient data needed to protect kids and prosecute suspected predators,” he wrote.
Getting reports right is crucial. Missing a real instance of child exploitation hurts victims, but false positives overwhelm investigators, who then waste resources tracking down bogus leads.
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READ MORE: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/9/child-exploitation-rampant-online-big-tech-blows-chances-help-nab/
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