Big Tech companies found themselves in deep trouble on Wednesday, following a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on social media harms and rampant sexual exploitation of children online.
Five social media CEOs faced probing questions from lawmakers on their policies to stop the sexual exploitation of children online. X CEO Linda Yaccarino, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel, Discord CEO Jason Citron, TikTok CEO Shou Chew and META CEO Mark Zuckerberg faced scorching questions from fired-up senators pushing for the passage of legislation to protect the safety of children online. The nearly four-hour-long hearing began cordially but quickly became tense as senators from both parties grilled the tech executives on their companies’ policies that are deemed detrimental to children.
The hearing began with a heartfelt compilation of victims who described the horrific ordeal…
