‘Blood on your hands’: Lawmakers grill tech CEOs on child exploitation ‘crisis’

[Michie]

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 31, 2024 / 17:38 pm

Executives from TikTok, Meta, X, and other major social media outlets faced tough questioning from senators from both sides of the aisle on Wednesday for their role in the ongoing “crisis” of online child exploitation.

The hearing, titled “Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis,” was held by the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Illinois, opened the hearing by stating that “online child sexual exploitation is a crisis in America.” Durbin cited the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), which reported receiving 100,000 reports of online child sexual abuse material per day in 2023.

Durbin claimed that social media companies have exacerbated the “disturbing growth in child exploitation,” saying that companies such as TikTok, Meta (Facebook’s parent company), Snap, Reddit, and X have become platforms of choice for predators and child sexual abusers.

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‘Blood on your hands’: Lawmakers grill tech CEOs on child exploitation ‘crisis’

Executives from social media outlets faced tough questioning at a hearing on “Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis.”

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Senate grills social media CEOs over child exploitation

Zuckerberg, TikTok's Shou Zi Chew, X Corp.'s Linda Yaccarino, Snap's Evan Spiegel and Discord's Jason Citron testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee Jan. 31 committee about child abuse material on their platforms.

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