Tech CEOs told 'you have blood on your hands' at US Senate child safety hearing
Zuckerberg testified along with X CEO Linda Yaccarino, Snap (SNAP.N), opens new tab CEO Evan Spiegel, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew and Discord CEO Jason Citron.
In the hearing room, dozens of parents held pictures of their children who they said had been harmed due to social media.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/01/31/kids-online-safety-hearing-big-tech/
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sidenote: from the hearing
X also became the first big tech firm to endorse Stop CSAM Act, a bill from Durbin that some groups say also raises civil rights concerns due to its targeting of encryption
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/05/stop-csam-act-improved-still-problematic