08/14/2025

U.S. Senators Call for Meta Probe after Reuters Report on its AI Policies

Multiple GOP senators say policies show the need for new legislation

Two Republican U.S. senators called for a congressional investigation into Meta Platforms on Thursday after Reuters exclusively reported on an internal policy document that permitted the company's chatbots to “engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual."

Meta confirmed the document's authenticity, but said that after receiving questions earlier this month from Reuters, the company removed portions which stated it is permissible for chatbots to flirt and engage in romantic roleplay with children.

"So, only after Meta got CAUGHT did it retract portions of its company doc," Senator Josh Hawley, a Republican from Missouri, said in a post on social media site X, formerly known as Twitter. "This is grounds for an immediate congressional investigation."*

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*Grammatical errors related to capitalization and punctuation were not rectified by OSAP.