Senate panel subpoenas CEOs of Discord, Snap and X to testify about children's safety online

Snap, Discord, X CEOs subpoenaed to testify on online child abuse

The Senate Judiciary Committee issued subpoenas to the CEOs of the social media companies Discord, Snap and X, formerly Twitter, compelling them to testify on Dec. 6 during a hearing about online child sexual exploitation, which the committee calls a crisis. The Committee also wants to hear from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and TikTok CEO Shou Chew, but they are in talks to testify voluntarily.  The bipartisan subpoena is part of an effort to pass n…

Senate Judiciary Committee issues subpoenas to major tech firms for testimony on online child protection

The CEOs were issued subpoenas after 'repeated refusals to appear during several weeks of negotiations,' Senators Durbin and Graham said in a statement.

Senate panel forced to use U.S. marshals to subpoena CEOs of X and Discord to testify on protecting kids online

The committee also subpoenaed Snap's CEO but that subpoena was accepted. The CEOs of Meta and TikTok are expected to testify voluntarily, the panel's two leading members said.

X, Snap and Discord CEOs subpoenaed to testify about children’s online safety to Senate panel ‘after repeated refusals to appear’

The subpoenas were issued to Discord CEO Jason Citron, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel and Linda Yaccarino, the CEO of X, formerly known at Twitter.

Senate Judiciary deploys Marshals on big tech bigwigs who dodged subpoenas

Judiciary Committee senators announced that they were forced to deploy U.S. Marshals to subpoena big tech CEOs after they dodged Congress' request.

US Senate panel subpoenas CEOs of Discord, Snap and X to testify about children’s safety online

A Senate committee has issued bipartisan subpoenas to the CEOs of Discord, Snap and X, demanding that the heads of the three companies testify at a December hearing on protecting children online. Read full story