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Tech CEOs face brutal hearing |
Senators grilled the CEOs of Meta, TikTok, Snap, Discord and X on Wednesday in a heated hearing about harm posed to teens and kids online. |
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew faced the most pressure from the panel. But each CEO was asked questions about the policies they have in place to mitigate the risks of online sexual exploitation, as well as the spread of harmful content that promotes suicide, self harm and eating disorders over the roughly four and a half hours of questioning. The packed hearing room was filled with parent and survivor advocates who put pressure not just on the companies, but also on the senators to advance regulation aimed at holding the companies accountable Zuckerberg faced the brunt of criticism from senators on both sides of the aisle over how the company that owns Facebook and Instagram poses risks to children online. In one of the most heated exchanges of the day, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) repeatedly questioned Zuckerberg about Meta's own internal research revealed by whistleblower Frances Haugen that found a negative impact of Instagram on teens, especially teen girls. Zuckerberg said the report was mischaracterized, but Hawley continued to push him and pressured him to apologize to the parent advocates at the hearing. Zuckerberg then turned his back to the Senate panel to apologize to the parents in the audience, many of whom held photos of children they said were victims of harms of social media. Chew took heat from lawmakers about the company's ties to China. The video-based social media app, which is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, has previously faced bipartisan scrutiny over concerns about data privacy and national security. Read more in a full report at TheHill.com. |
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The number of TikTok users in the U.S. is growing rapidly, with the site claiming the largest jump in users between 2021 in 2023 compared to any other social media platform, according to the survey. |
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is blazing a new trail this year in education as schools take concrete steps to incorporate the technology into their teaching, replacing the panic and confusion educators previously faced. |
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Preliminary crash testing finds that the nation's guardrails may not be suitable for heavy electric vehicles (EVs). |
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News we've flagged from the intersection of tech and other topics: |
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Google One storage service on track for 100 million users |
Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that the company's Google One cloud storage service is "just about to cross" 100 million subscribers, TechCrunch reported. |
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| SpaceX to launch private space station |
A joint venture between Airbus and Voyager Space is aiming to launch Starlab, a space research station, through SpaceX by the end of the decade, according to CNBC. |
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| A federal judge on Wednesday tossed Disney's lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) that accused him and other officials of unconstitutionally … Read more |
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