CEOs of Meta, X, Discord, TikTok and Snap testify before Senate Judiciary Committee

The Senate Judicial Committee of four leaders of social networks has created several noticeable moments. Here are a few:

Tsuckerberg, Spiegel personally apologizes to the families: Meta CEO of Tsuckerberg stood to apologize to the families in the room for hearing. “I apologize for everything that you all went through,” he said. “No one should look at what your families suffered, and therefore we invest so much and will continue to make general -industrial efforts to make sure that no one should go through things that were supposed to suffer, which were supposed to suffer.”

Mark Tsuckerberg talked with the victims and members of their family, while he testified during the hearing of the US Senate Judicial Committee: “Big Technology and Sexual Operation Crisis on the Internet.” Andrew Kaballerro-Rynolds/AFP/Getty images

SNAP CEO Evan Spiegel also apologized to the families whose children died after they purchased drugs on Snapchat. “I am very sorry that we could not prevent these tragedies,” said Spiegel, before telling in detail about some efforts that the company is making to protect young users.

(LR) Jason Citron, Director General of Discord, Evan Spiegel, General Director of SNAP, ZHO ZHO, CEO Tiktok, Linda Yakakrino, CEO of X during the hearing.
(LR) Jason Citron, Director General of Discord, Evan Spiegel, General Director of SNAP, ZHO ZHO, CEO Tiktok, Linda Yakakrino, CEO of X during the hearing. Anna Maniter/Gestic images

The “dark side” of products on social networks “is too great”: Companies on social networks have created products that have potential, but they also have a dark side on which “it is too large to live,” said Senator -Republican Lindsay Graham on Wednesday, during the grill of the leaders of four such companies. Until social networks companies are submitted to the court for the damage that they cause, Graham warned that there would be no changes.

Member of the Judicial Committee rating, US Senator Lindsay Graham (R-SC), performed during the hearing in the Judicial Committee in the Senate for Sexual Operation on the Internet in the Capitol of the United States.
Member of the Judicial Committee rating, US Senator Lindsay Graham (R-SC), performed during the hearing in the Judicial Committee in the Senate for Sexual Operation on the Internet in the Capitol of the United States. Evelyn Hokstein/Reuters

Hathing of social networks – a rare unifying force on the Capitol Hill: The hearing on Wednesday again demonstrates the breadth of criticism for social networks among legislators, a rare bicopartican theme on the Capitol Hill. However, despite the appetite of both parties to go for technical platforms, Congress has not yet adopted significant legislation to regulate companies on social networks. Most of the actions took place in the legislative bodies of the States and in the courts, which became the battlefields for new politicians, including minimal ages for social networks.

(LR) Jason Citron, Director General of Discord; Evan Spiegel, General Director of Snap; Show ZHO, CEO Tiktok; Linda Yakkarino, General Director X; And Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of META, watched a video of the victims before the testimony at the hearing of the US Senate Judicial Committee.
(LR) Jason Citron, Director General of Discord; Evan Spiegel, General Director of Snap; Show ZHO, CEO Tiktok; Linda Yakkarino, General Director X; And Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of META, watched a video of the victims before the testimony at the hearing of the US Senate Judicial Committee. Andrew Kaballerro-Rynolds/AFP/Getty images

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