WASHINGTON, DC (January 16, 2026) – The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) calls on Congressional leaders to act after the Grok chatbot created AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and was used to create tens of thousands of images nudifying and sexualizing women without their consent on the X platform. NCOSE says the time for Congress to act is now because Grok is just the latest example of Big Tech’s callousness and carelessness when it comes to its own facilitation and monetization of sexual exploitation.
Just this week, the DEFIANCE Act was passed by the Senate and would rightfully give survivors of nonconsensual deepfake pornography a way to take civil action against their perpetrators.
“Sexually-explicit deepfake images are used to harass, de-humanize, and silence people, particularly women. If AI technology is permitted to advance without accountability, it will not be a tool of innovation, but rather a cheap weapon for harassment and humiliation. The DEFIANCE Act is a common-sense solution that gives victims of this abuse a means to hold the perpetrators accountable. We urge the House to pass this bill,” said Dani Pinter, Chief Legal Officer and Director of the Law Center for the National Center on Sexual Exploitation.
“Big Tech companies are facilitating an epidemic of sexual exploitation, as AI and other digital tools are being used to sexually abuse, exploit, and harass with no guardrails and no recourse. Federal laws have failed to protect American citizens while allowing Big Tech to profit off the harm they facilitate.
“Thankfully, there is strong bipartisan support for key legislation that can reverse the tide of Big Tech harms. Congress must prioritize solutions like the ‘Sunset Section 230 Act’ to allow victims to hold technology platforms accountable for facilitating their abuse, and the Senate version of the ‘Kids Online Safety Act’ which creates a duty of care for online platforms to prevent and mitigate harms to children,” said Pinter.
NCOSE urges Congress to pass the Kids Online Safety Act, Sunset Section 230 Act, DEFIANCE Act, STOP CSAM Act, the A.I. LEAD Act, the GUARD Act, NO FAKES Act, and the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2025.
“Technology should facilitate innovation, not increase, exploitation. But as demonstrated by platforms like X and Meta, unless they are confronted with real accountability, more people – especially children – will be sexually exploited. Congress must stop protecting Big Tech and instead protect the American people from foreseeable and preventable technology harms,” Pinter said.
About National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE)
Founded in 1962, the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) is the leading national non-profit organization exposing the links between all forms of sexual exploitation such as child sexual abuse, prostitution, sex trafficking and the public health harms of pornography.
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