Social Media Giants to Testify to the US Senate

The issue of protecting children on social media has been discussed for a long time. Meta, X, TikTok, byteDance, Snap, Alphabet Each of the giants such as has ongoing lawsuits on this issue.

of cases”addictive, misleading, failure to ensure confidentiality” There are many different topics such as. Perhaps the biggest step taken so far on this issue came from the US Senate. Senatefive major social media companies called to testify.

CEOs of Meta, X, TikTok, Snap and Discord will testify

US Senate, 31 January 2024Meta CEO at the session to be held in mark ZuckerbergCEO of X Linda YaccarinoCEO of TikTok Shou Zi ChewCEO of Snap Evan Spiegel and CEO of Discord Jason Citron will listen. Among these names, Zuckerberg and Chew had previously announced that they were willing to testify. Yaccarino, Spiegel and Citron had rejected invitations to testify in previous meetings. senators Dick Durbin And Lindsey Graham also issued subpoenas for these three CEOs.

Senators also made statements regarding the process. In the joint statement of the two senators, “Testifying to CEOs about their failure to protect children online” It was stated that he was given a chance. Senators, “From the very beginning children’s safety online We knew that our efforts would be met with hesitation by the technology giants. In the end, they are forced to admit that they have failed when it comes to protecting children’s safety online. Now that all five companies have cooperated, we are waiting for statements from their CEOs. Parents and children are demanding action.” he said.

In the past period, both in various states in the USA and in the EU about online security Steps were taken and arrangements were made. Still, some critics say the new regulations are too broad and could do more harm than good.