he will closely watch to ensure proper safeguards and reporting requirements are in place
Closely monitor major technology companies to ensure proper safeguards and improved reporting requirements for online child sexual exploitation concerns are in place.
Occurrences
was "closely watching" to ensure proper safeguards and reporting requirements were in place
Evidence
Grassley said he had released company responses to his oversight and was "closely watching" to ensure proper safeguards and reporting requirements were in place.
Meta said it had worked with NCMEC to improve report quality, launched more than 100 technical enhancements since May 2024, and would keep refining its reporting process.
Assessments
Grassley appears to have materially advanced the goal through active Senate oversight and public pressure on major tech companies, and the evidence shows some reporting improvements in response. But the record does not show that the broader promise was fully achieved, because the safeguards and reporting requirements are still being monitored rather than clearly completed. Because the work is ongoing in his current Senate term and he retains direct credit for the oversight push, this is best treated as partial delivery rather than full delivery.