2:31 p.m. ET, January 31, 2024
Here’s a recap of the important thing moments from the listening to
The Senate Judiciary Committee’s grilling of 4 social media executives produced some notable moments. Here are a number of:
Zuckerberg, Spiegel personally apologize to households: Meta CEO Zuckerberg stood to apologize to the households within the listening to room. “I’m sorry for everything you have all been through,” he mentioned. “No one should go through the things that your families have suffered and this is why we invest so much and we are going to continue doing industry-wide efforts to make sure no one has to go through the things your families have had to suffer.”
Mark Zuckerberg spoke to victims and their relations as he testified throughout the US Senate Judiciary Committee listening to, “Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis.”
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Snap CEO Evan Spiegel additionally apologized to households whose youngsters have died after they bought medication on Snapchat. “I’m so sorry that we have not been able to prevent these tragedies,” Spiegel mentioned, earlier than detailing among the efforts the corporate takes to guard young customers.
(L-R) Jason Citron, CEO of Discord, Evan Spiegel, CEO of Snap, Shou Zi Chew, CEO of TikTok, Linda Yaccarino, CEO of X throughout the listening to immediately.
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“The darkish facet” of social media merchandise “is simply too nice”: Social media firms have created merchandise which have an upside, however in addition they have a darkish facet that’s “too great to live with,” Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham mentioned Wednesday whereas grilling chief executives of 4 such firms. Until social media firms are sued for the injury they’re doing, Graham warned that there shall be no change.
Judiciary Committee Ranking Member U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) spoke throughout the Senate Judiciary Committee listening to on on-line youngster sexual exploitation on the U.S. Capitol immediately.
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Hating social media firms is a uncommon unifying pressure on Capitol Hill: Wednesday’s listening to once more demonstrates the breadth of criticism for social media firms amongst lawmakers, a uncommon bipartisan subject on Capitol Hill. Despite each events’ urge for food for going after tech platforms, nevertheless, Congress has but to move significant laws to control social media firms. Most of the motion has taken place in state legislatures and within the courts, which have grow to be battlegrounds for brand new insurance policies together with age minimums for social media.
(L-R) Jason Citron, CEO of Discord; Evan Spiegel, CEO of Snap; Shou Zi Chew, CEO of TikTok; Linda Yaccarino, CEO of X; and Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, watched a video of victims earlier than testifying on the US Senate Judiciary Committee listening to.
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