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Assembly committee advances AB 1137 to expand and audit CSAM reporting on social platforms
Summary
AB 1137 would broaden who can report child sexual‑abuse material (CSAM) on social platforms, require clear reporting mechanisms and independent audits, and permit civil enforcement by public prosecutors; the committee advanced the bill while industry groups urged amendments to balance safety, automation and security concerns.
Assemblymember Krell presented AB 1137 as an implementation and strengthening measure to last year’s CSAM reporting law (AB 1394). The bill would allow anyone — not only a person depicted — to use the CSAM reporting mechanism, require that reporting tools be clear and conspicuous, mandate human review in certain cases where hash matches are not found, create biannual independent audits, and authorize public prosecutors to bring civil enforcement…
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