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This is the best summary I could come up with:
Some of the biggest names in tech will testify before the US Senate on January 31st, 2024 during a hearing about online child exploitation.
Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) issued subpoenas for Yaccarino, Spiegel, and Citron earlier this month after receiving “repeated refusals to appear during several weeks of negotiations.” Zuckerberg and Chew voluntarily agreed to testify.
The senators say the hearing will give the CEOs the chance to “testify about their failure to protect children online.”
Meta is currently facing lawsuits from dozens of states over claims it misled the public about the safety of Facebook and Instagram.
Meanwhile, school districts across the US have filed suit against Meta, ByteDance, Alphabet, and Snap, accusing them of running platforms “addictive” to kids.
“We’ve known from the beginning that our efforts to protect children online would be met with hesitation from Big Tech,” Senators Durbin and Graham said in a joint statement.
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