Hawley chairs the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism and said he was opening an investigation into Meta’s generative AI products with that power.

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are seizing on new revelations about “sensual” chatbot conversations Meta deemed acceptable for children, dragging the tech giant and its checkered past on

Texas attorney general Ken Paxton is investigating Meta and CharacterAI over claims they deceptively market chatbots as mental health tools, raising concerns about child safety, data privacy, and targeted advertising.

Senator Josh Hawley, chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, wrote to Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg that the investigation would look into whether the company’s generative-AI products enable exploitation or other criminal harms to children.

Social media ruins everything and the Missouri Senator is doing his best to push back. Check-it . . . Sen. Josh Hawley said he is launching an investigation into Meta following a report on the company’s policies governing artificial intelligence chatbots.