AB 1946: Reporting mechanism: child sexual abuse material.

The bill aims to amend laws related to social media platforms and child sexual abuse material. It revises the definition of child sexual abuse material to include intimate visual depictions involving minors. A social media platform must provide a clear and conspicuous reporting mechanism for users to report such material. The reported material will be reviewed through a hash-matching process, and the platform must ensure review by a natural person if necessary. The bill makes a social media company liable for actual and statutory damages to depicted individuals. It also imposes a civil penalty on noncomplying companies, with the collected funds going into the survivor support fund. Additionally, the bill requires social media platforms to submit audit reports to the attorney general and other public officials to be exempt from prohibitions on commercial sexual exploitation. The bill dec…