Mark Zuckerberg apologized directly to families who say their children were harmed by social media platforms in a Senate Judiciary Committee on child safety issues. The Meta CEO addressed attendees who lost children to online harms and faced nearly four hours of bipartisan questioning with other CEOs. Senators from both parties grilled the CEOs of Meta, X, Snap, TikTok, and Discord for over three hours, demanding accountability for online child exploitation. They expressed frustration at the lack of progress on the issues despite past hearings.
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00:02 Mark Zuckerberg apologized directly to families who say their children were harmed by social
00:06 media platforms in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Child Safety Issues.
00:09 The Meta CEO addressed attendees who lost children to online harms and faced nearly
00:13 four hours of bipartisan questioning from other CEOs. Senators from both parties grilled the
00:18 CEOs of Meta, X, Snap, TikTok, and Discord for over three hours demanding accountability for
00:23 online child exploitation. They expressed frustration at the lack of progress on the
00:27 issues despite past hearings. Zuckerberg came under significant scrutiny as CEO of Meta,
00:31 which owns Facebook and Instagram. For all things money, visit Benzinga.com.