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Publication Date: 2026-03-04 19:14:00
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FIRST ON FOX — Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is launching an investigation into Google after holding a “shocking” hearing on child sex trafficking, Fox News Digital has learned.
“Yesterday, the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, which I chair, convened a hearing to investigate gaps in enforcement efforts to stop child sex trafficking,” Hawley said in a letter to Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet Inc.
“The testimony was shocking,” Hawley wrote in the letter first obtained by Fox News Digital. “Witnesses described an explosion of child sex abuse material (CSAM) online, which surpassed 100 million separate images and videos of suspected abuse in 2023 alone.”
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is opening an investigation into Google after his recent hearing on child sex trafficking. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Hawley’s hearing Tuesday, “Lost and Exploited: Confronting Child Trafficking and the Failure to Protect…
