Drummond works to protect Oklahoma children from dangerous AI technology
OKLAHOMA CITY (June 3, 2025) – Attorney General Gentner Drummond is taking action to protect Oklahoma children from Meta Platforms, Inc. He and 28 attorneys general are demanding answers after disturbing reports revealed the company's AI assistant may expose minors to sexually explicit content and allow adults to simulate grooming scenarios.
"Oklahoma parents should be able to trust that when their children use Instagram, Facebook or WhatsApp, they're not being targeted by predatory technology designed by the very companies they're using," said Drummond. "Meta's reckless disregard for child safety ends now. We will hold them accountable for creating digital tools that put kids at risk."
Meta AI allows users to interact with synthetic personas through text, voice, and image exchanges, including both celebrity-impersonating characters created by Meta and user-generated personas that the company approves and promotes.
Recent investigative reporting exposed how several Meta AI personas engaged in graphic sexual conversations with users identifying as minors. In one case, a Meta-created persona using actor John Cena's voice described sexual encounters with a user posing as a 14-year-old girl while acknowledging the conversation's illegality. User-created underage personas were also found facilitating pedophilic scenarios with adult users.
Drummond and the coalition are demanding Meta provide immediate answers to critical questions that directly impact Oklahoma families: whether Meta intentionally removed safeguards to allow sexual role-play involving minors, whether these dangerous capabilities remain active on platforms Oklahoma children use, and whether Meta will immediately cease allowing sexual content that could harm young users. The coalition has given Meta until June 10 to respond.
