US EditionTikTok, Meta, X CEOs to testify at US Senate hearing in January
- The CEOs of Meta, TikTok, Snap, Discord, and X are testifying in front of the US Senate Judiciary Committee regarding their failure to protect children online.
- Initially, Discord and X had refused to participate and accept a subpoena, but they are now cooperating.
- The Senate Judiciary Committee aims to press the CEOs about their failures to protect children online and propose legislation to give the Biden administration powers to block the use of foreign communications technology like TikTok.
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TikTok, Meta, X CEOs to testify at US Senate hearing in January
WASHINGTON, DC, USA – The chief executives of social media companies Meta, X, TikTok, Snap, and Discord will testify on online child sexual exploitation at a January 31 US Senate hearing, the Senate Judiciary Committee said on Wednesday, November 29. Senator Dick Durbin, the panel’s Democratic chairman and the ranking Republican Lindsey Graham said Discord and X had initially balked at participating and refused to accept a subpoena. “Now that al…
Social media CEOs to testify before Senate on online child exploitation in January
Chief executives from several social media companies, including Meta, X, TikTok, Snap and Discord, are slated to testify at a Jan. 31 Senate hearing on online child sexual exploitation, according to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Reuters reported that the panel’s chairman, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said X and Discord at first balked at participating in the panel, refusing to accept a subpoena. Both companies hav…
Tech CEOs subpoenaed for Senate hearing on child online safety
The Senate Judiciary Committee announced an upcoming Senate hearing in which several subpoenaed Big Tech CEOs are set to testify about prioritizing children’s safety on their social media platforms. In a news release on Wednesday, Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), the chair and ranking member of the Judiciary Committee, said that five…
The CEOs of Meta, X, TikTok, Snap, and Discord will testify before the US Senate on child safety
Laura Normand / The Verge Some of the biggest names in tech will testify before the US Senate on January 31st, 2024 during a hearing about online child exploitation. In a Wednesday announcement, the Senate Judiciary Committee said it will hear from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, X (formerly Twitter) CEO Linda Yaccarino, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel, and Discord CEO Jason Citron. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC)…
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