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The heads of the world’s largest social media companies gathered in the US Congress today to testify before the Senate. The subject of the hearing is the safety
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The heads of the world’s largest social media companies gathered in the US Congress today to testify before the Senate. The subject of the hearing is the safety of children on these platforms. Among the patrons who participated Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, X CEO Linda Yaccarino, Snapchat founder Evan Spiegel and Discord head Jason Citron There are names like.
As the statements continued, an interesting situation involving Mark Zuckerberg arose. Zuckerberg stood up under pressure from senators He apologized to people whose children were injured.
Senator Josh Hawley is speaking out about the harm children see on platforms like Meta-owned Instagram. from abuse named. Although Hawley said no action has been taken in this regard and no one has been fired, Families of children who are victims of abuse He stated that this was so. The senator then pressured Zuckerberg to apologize.
Mark Zuckerberg then turned around and confronted the victims’ families. The billionaire businessman stood up and apologized to all the families. He continued by adding that they did everything they could:
We should point out that families come to the hall with photos of their children. These photos, which were held up while the CEOs were being questioned, show the children’s names and the words “Stop losses online! Execute KOSA!” statements were included. KOSA, which stands for the “Children’s Online Safety Act,” if accepted, will require companies to take precautions regarding these issues.
In addition to Zuckerberg, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel also apologized to the families. Mirror via Snapchat bought drugs and died about children“I am deeply sorry that we were unable to prevent these tragedies.” He used his expressions. Another senator in the room, Laphonza Butler, forced Spiegel to apologize.
During the hours-long hearing, members of Congress harshly questioned the CEOs about, among other things, the measures taken against the safety of children on the platforms and the incidents that have occurred. Senators stated that Mark Zuckerberg and other CEOs have “blood on their hands” because of what the children went through.
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