Overview

• Business Insider published excerpts of updated contractor guidelines that Meta says are now used to train its AI chatbots.
• The rules explicitly prohibit enabling or endorsing child sexual abuse, romantic roleplay involving minors or requests to roleplay as minors, and sexualized descriptions of children under 13.
• Chatbots are barred from giving instructions or links to acquire child sexual abuse material, though factual or educational discussions of sensitive topics are permitted within tightly defined boundaries.
• Meta’s spokesperson said its policies already forbid sexualized or romantic role-play by minors and that additional safeguards exist beyond the leaked document.
• Oversight continues as the FTC examines companion AI and Sen. Josh Hawley presses for records; Meta missed his Sept. 19 deadline but says it has begun producing documents with more to come.