U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley said he is using his position as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee to investigate eight major tech companies which he said are not doing enough to report child sexual exploitation.

Additionally, the Iowa Republican is releasing new information from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children which details the eight companies’ reporting deficiencies, a list of “poor reporting” companies and data related to generative AI.

“On March 16, 2026, NCMEC responded to my letter and provided my office with new information regarding online child exploitation,” he said in a written statement. “I’m alarmed by what I’ve read. Based on information provided to my office, I am concerned that some companies have not provided NCMEC and law enforcement with sufficient data needed to protect kids and prosecute suspected predators.”

Meta, Amazon AI Services, TikTok, Snapchat, Discord, X.AI, Grindr and Roblox in 2025 submitted more than 17 million reports of suspected online child exploitation.

According to NCMEC, these eight companies collectively accounted for 81 percent of the reports received through NCMEC’s CyberTipline in 2025. All electronic service providers (ESPs) are required by law to report suspected cases of online child sexual exploitation to NCMEC’s CyberTipline.

NCMEC found significant issues with the companies’ reporting processes in 2025, with some companies failing to provide essential location data on users and suspects, failing to disclose child sex abuse material (CSAM) in AI training data and failing to report instances of sadistic online exploitation targeting children, among others. However, NCMEC indicated that Meta and X.AI had improved their reporting in 2025.

“For almost 30 years, NCMEC has worked tirelessly to combat online child sexual exploitation by attempting to persuade ESPs to detect, report and remove child sexual exploitation on their platforms and improve the quality and substance of their CyberTipline reports. Many ESPs regularly tout the number of reports they submit to the CyberTipline, but fail to disclose that millions of reports lack basic information… This leaves children unprotected online, subjects survivors to revictimization, enables sexual offenders to remain freely online and wastes valuable and limited law enforcement resources,” NCMEC wrote to Grassley.

Grassley is demanding Meta, Amazon AI Services, TikTok, Snapchat, Discord, X.AI, Grindr and Roblox respond to NCMEC’s letter and describe how they’re working to improve their reporting process in 2026.

In addition to his oversight of ESP reporting, Grassley is leading the bipartisan James T. Woods Act with U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D – Illinois, to address concerning developments in online child exploitation by targeting lax federal sentencing laws, violent online criminal networks and sextortion. Grassley’s bill has garnered widespread support and was advanced through the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee in February.