Tech CEO child safety hearing highlights: "You have blood on your hands."
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- The CEOs of Meta, Snap, Discord, X and TikTok testified at a high-stakes Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on child exploitation online. During the hearing, Mark Zuckerberg, Evan Spiegel, Jason Citron, Linda Yaccarino and Shou Chew spent nearly four hours being grilled by lawmakers about their records on child safety.
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Would you let your kid roam on their own in the streets of Vegas? No. You simply don’t let a child in an adult space unsupervised. Parents are too busy being addicted to their phones to even care.
you can't control what parents do, so the next best step in protecting children online is implementing some sort of serious age verification. not the "are you 18+?" checkboxes that anyone with a functioning brain can get past
@@hiddendrifts Or, hear me out, the FBI should be doing their job and intervening when adults are posting this type of content online instead of blaming Zuckerberg.
@@themartdog >instead of blaming zuckerberg<
why? zuckerburg is the one in charge of the platform. he has full control over what he does and doesn't allow on his platform. if he wanted to, he is fully capable of implementing some sort of system that prevents cp from being uploaded at all. ofc, maybe attempts should be flagged and reported to the fbi, but zuckerburg is not free from fault here
@@hiddendriftswith todays level of technology Zuckerberg can’t solve any problems, it’s impossible to detect everything. It’s 100% parents responsibility. If they can’t control what their child does with a phone then they should perhaps not buy them phones or computers or tablets.
@@hiddendrifts and he has done his due diligence and isn't perfect.. when they do identify it, they do report it. They have documented and reported over 29 million cases to the authorities. How many of those 29 million cases do you think the FBI and international authorities solved? 🤷♂️
WTH were the parents doing?
If your child gets abused on a playground, will you go and sue the person who built it?
That's not a fair comparison. Compare it to an unsupervisable swimming pool.
Adult content must be banned ,every website should be smooth and clean.why they give access to adult content.he is responsible in promoting adult content.why meta can't filter adult content before it reaches the audience.he is doing business without saying he is not responsible
Of course, if the playground IS NOT BUILT PROPERLY. IF It's NOT SAFE, OF COURSE! THERE ARE POLICIES AND REGULATIONS TO FOLLOW WHEN BUILDING A DOG HOUSE, AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HAVING ACCESS TO THESE PLATFORMS. IF YOU'RE STUPID ENOUGH NOT TO GET THIS, THEN YOU HAVE PROBLEMS.
yes, if the playground has a sign that welcomes pedophiles and makes it easy for pedophiles to enter. especially if the plyground doesn't have security
@@wietzejohanneskrikke1910actually that's a fair comparison, you will supervise your child in a park, supervise your CHILD ON A PHONE,
I know politicians aren’t up there talking about accountability 😂
The PERFECT irony
Right, like I want justice because this is actually a problem but these people are just as guilty. I can’t even take them seriously.
Right??? Lindsay Graham is bitching about the lack of laws that exist to reel big tech in. Guess what? YOU are the law makers! 😒
They are a useless bunch of nuts
They get to act tough and self righteous once in a while and this was it
“Why should I have to watch after my own kid! That’s Zuckerberg’s job!” - these parents.
Scenario 1
Parents tell Child Politely to stop using Social Media apps
Result : Child Ignores
Scenario 2
Parents scold their child and refrain them from using Social Media Apps
Result : Children go rebel and can harm himself/herself.
In both ways, mere Parenting will not solve the issue.
It's the Child Addiction towards these Social Media platforms which has to be stopped and these Social Media Platforms can play a pivotal role in it
But they will not do it cause they also want numbers and money.
Lies again? Cold Storage Blood DNA
@@User1234-up4gt Why would any sane child harm themselves bc they can't twerk on TikTok?
@@User1234-up4gt scenerio 2 is better. You're biased
@@User1234-up4gt
How about a Scenario 3, for all parents reading: Teach your kids to understand that there are dangers in social media to stay away from (ex: trolls, phishers, predators, stalkers, unhinged people, scammers, etc.) when using it so that they can be more likely to navigate safely online, or even refrain from using it.
I was the first generation to learn about the dangers of social media while growing up, without no predecessor to share that wisdom. I've seen a lot of things shared on social media that messed up my mind when I was 11-14 years old because filters during those times were not strong. So these days, I educate my nieces, nephews and younger cousins about the various dangers that exist. Because like you essentially stated in both scenarios, the kid is gonna rebel. There are various reasons for rebelling, but I understand since I was in their shoes... an example reason: peer pressure at a young age is what got me to absolutely use social media (edited this sentence for clarity).
I wanted to share some experiences to let whoever is reading understand where I'm coming from, behind my intentions to help.
But anyway, if it comes down to it and they absolutely rebel, use Scenario 3 as a safety net to, at the very least, brace them for what crazy things they'll see online.
And as a bonus, MAYBE brush their ego up by telling them that they're wise and responsible people, and that you have faith in them to do the right thing.
Gotta love America, criminals judging criminals
Yep lol
EXACTLY.... this whole process is utterly pointless. Nothing will happen, other than some idiot American voters cheering on their own favourite, idiot, politician. How many times has the US government recently been on the verge of shutdown again? Maybe get your House in order first.
God bless America
Yea you would know about being a criminal since you probably voted for Biden.
That 'merica for you.
Cool...cool...cool, now lets do congress's record on child safety. Look, im no fan of social media, but for Lindsey Graham to tell these companies that they have blood on their hands is a bit like Ted Bundy ridiculing Jeffery Dahmer for being a serial killer.
frfr
Thank you
WTF. I cant be All the CEO fault
This is the most funny yet accurate description of the video. The phrase “s**t rises to the top is as solid of a law as gravity”
@@funkspinnaAre you a redneck? Looks to be so.
Interesting how they don’t have the same logic of responsibility for gun manufacturers 😂
Wow, that's like saying that to eliminate women getting sexually harassed at work, they should ban women in the workplace....
🤡🤡🤡
Why stop at gun manufacturers? How about they use that same logic for car, alcohol, knife, mower, tractor, tractor trailer, food, house, tool, and clothes manufacturers. 🤦♂️
@@landkruiser1095we do dumbass. Those all have checks and balances.
Brown hands typed this, uneducated brown hands.
can these career politicians apologize to the american people next?
That's right. Show the picture show the picture. Apologies now on national TV. Show the picture show the damn picture!!! 🤣🤣🤣🙂🙂
You should apoligize for voting for Biden.
Short answer? No.
There's a saying "It takes a village to raise a child". I think these lawmakers fail to acknowledge that they failed in their family and society policies. Personally, I think what they are doing now is attempting to push the blame to social media.
Kids LIVE on Social media. Hell yes social media are mostly to blame.
No. They actually want to have all your data of everyones social media. That is their true goal.
Damn yall can’t blame the parents? The government blaming the wrong people. Children shouldn’t be on some of these sites anyways
Unfortunately they really can't just go into their houses and force them to be good parents, or even have outreach problems because they don't have virtues that they can claim are objective.
yeah social media is like leaving yo kids in a room with a bunch of strangers.
American values. It’s everyone else’s fault.
@@Thaddeus-ml8if "everyone" implies individual people, not legal monstrosities.
I think it would be extremely difficult to ban children now from social media sites. There are quite a few work-arounds to scoot pass any new laws. Concern parent monitoring is probably the only soluition, with surprise inspections of the kid's devices.
As if the Senate hasn’t specifically profited off of these companies.
They want a bigger cut if they can’t have it all. They don’t care about anyone.
@@doublegmandy Exactly
If these companies so bad why they got accounts on them lmao
@@funkspinnaLmao are you serious? You think politicians know how bad say an illegal brothel only because they personally went and used it?
Exactly and you know who you don't see up there?
Discord CEO looks exactly how you’d imagine
😂
😂😂😂
RIGHT? I’m glad i wasn’t the only one thinking this
my guy holding a good laugh in court
"Senator that's based"
These tech CEOs aren’t the best people but the privacy policies on these platforms are well made. At some level, it’s up to the parents and the police to take responsibility.
It’s hypocritical for these politicians to say that no laws are being passed due to lobbying when the politicians are the ones being lobbied and avoiding any new bills.
It’s so funny when they say that cuz they’re basically saying “stop handing me money, you know I can’t refuse that huge chunk of money!”
these politicians act like they dont have blood on their hands lmao foh
The government is mad they don’t have the control they want
That's Right 💯
There getting it through schools and medical field
@@KovuJohnsonfr
This is like trying to explain to your elderly grandparents how to use an iPhone…
The senate isn’t informed, just armed with pointed facts.
The TikTok trial from a little while back (last year?) was definitely that. But this one... I don't know. I do feel like there is absolutely a problem with how easy it seems to be to access stuff on these platforms that could be harmful for people, specifically children. It's still a wild west out there, and more regulations and accountability would not be a bad thing at all.
I understand there is the hypocrisy of these high-ranking officials attacking tech companies for immoral and unethical practices. But regardless of that, I think it's good to put something in place. Things are not where they should be. I don't know if this is true, and I hope it's not, but I read that X got rid of PhotoDNA and other protections against CSAM when it rebranded from Twitter. If that's true, that is horrific and people need to be held accountable for that decision.
I guarantee there are many platforms that do not use PhotoDNA or the like, and I think that should be the bare minimum.
The Tik Tok Trial was bad from both sides, but especially the senate. I think their bullying was unwarranted there. But in this case, I think their intense questioning is absolutely justified.
parents pointing fingers at the CEO instead of themselves.
When someone gets stabbed, do you sue the company that made the knife?
Lazy parents should be watching their kids.
No chilren on the internet PERIOD.
Agree but slipping through the cracks and this being available is another side to the coin.
Lack parenting is a problem, but the structure of the internet does need to again do something to make it harder for children to access or be accessed.
So you are literally saying that no how much dangerous a piece of technology is, especially owing to its opacity and complexity, it is always a good rule of thumb to blame it on the parent, most of which can’t even comprehend the rat-rewarding games utilised in such technologies. Well, it sounds like a divine exemption that’s eerily similar to Divine right of kings doctrine. The thing is what you said is objectively valid, but only to the extent of such technologies being systemically or societally avoidable, which they mostly are not. What you said is only a half truth. The occam razor cut through this is that both parental and technological aspects of this are to be blamed (yes, with more emphasis on technological aspect)
DO NOT SHAME THE VICTIMS.
YOUR SICK INVENTION IS NOT THE PARENT'S FAULT .
@@sfurlong0712 there are all sorts of child locks and ways to monitor what your kids are doing. Way too many parents slap their kids in front of an ipad 24-7 when they're little, and it progresses from there.
Do u sue the phone company when crimes are planned and happen through phone calls?
These politicians are so ridiculous. What a rude line of questioning. He should have responded with. Would you like to apologize to America for letting gun laws be the way they are and all the school shootings?
I agree. They like having Zuckerberg up there because he seems to be fine with being a punching bag. I'd have very different things to say to these government goons.
Amen brother 🙌
@Samson4G Traffickers on social media don't abide by laws either.
@@zephyrusverseexactly. It’s the parent’s fault.
@Samson4G You think you’re smart (and you probably are) but you’re telling me you can’t understand the obvious analogy they’re making with this comment?
Seriously, it is not up to the government to regulate social media. It should be the parents to do that!
Well when liberals destroy the nuclear family this is what happens
Yes! Parents need to wake up!!!!
How far are parents willing to moderate their child's online safety. Many kid's online fall victim to online predator, mainly on discord where children are groomed or sexually enticed to partake in a sick minded adults degeneracy. Seriously think about it. There's many kid's who fall victim to online predators, but the parents failed to stop that. famous incidents from people you might know Mini ladd and dream.
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Yup
It's like letting your kiddos play with a loaded gun .
No children on the internet PERIOD.
Yeah, makes it the parents fault.
@@first-last-null thats exactly what I was thinking. They are just mad at the tool. We already have laws against that. Next thing their argueing for social media free zones. Dems are like "what about the good guy with a facebook account"
@first-last-null I agree with your logic to a fault. There's a huge difference between a sold product and a service that is available, controlled, and hosted by a company. It's on their servers, with their policies, and if they fail to uphold their policies, whose at fault?
Do firearm manufacturers sell to kids? Because online social media is marketed and advertised towards kids.
So it's a bit more complex than just comparing it to personal firearm safety
@@first-last-nullthat’s a broken analogy you/they used. Social media fuses with your being, condition you like a rat in Skinner box, and ultimately instrumentalizes human behaviour to its own ends (especially if the source code is opaque). That’s fundamentally different from playing with a loaded gun. Instead, it is this technology that plays with the human rewards system, disrupts it and hollow it out to the point of depression, stress, shame and so forth
The excuse that parents can't learn how to keep their children safe on social media and that somehow being the CEOs problem is beyond me
Actually lol the government and businesses shouldnt moderate your kids. Parents should actually do their jobs and be involved and aware of what their kid is doing. They should teach them values and ethics lol
These Sukerbunch make me sick.
@@BuffPomskythat’s right. Parents should use parental control over children’s phones and computers.
OP and the commenters above me have the correct opinion. Mark and Facebook in my opinion are not liable for victims of abuse. If that’s the case, sue Verizon for allowing a “pedo” to dial an underage child. End of the day, the child should know from a responsible parent when you pick up the phone or ignore and strange number and let it go to voicemail.
@@AmyHoward-lq5tgthe problem is they make those parental controls to work around filtering. If an app developer decides that their violent game/explicit content is marked as “not rated”, that gets through the filter. It happens a lot more than you think.
The arrogance of these senators is humorous.
@@nataliabarbosafboth the senators and the CEOs suck, but the senators suck a whole lot more. The CEOs just want money at the end of the day, but the senators want control and power and money and the ability to commit crimes behind closed doors that only they have control over.
Why are they trying to blame these CEOs for parents being lousy parents. If you're not willing to actually monitor and limit what your children are getting up to on social media then that's the risk you're willing to take and the consequences can be serious. As for the senators... they should be fired. Talk about incompetence and hypocrisy. They don't give two figs about children's safety.
We as voters should also gather these politicians and have them answer our questions.
Yes this is a good thing that they are doing but it’s too little and far in between. To be honest, how much change is being made with these hearings? Where are the follow ups from the prior hearings?
Here we go again... congressmen grandstanding at the hearings trying to look good for the cameras but effecting zero change... 🙄
Mr. Chew is so Calm. I want to know how to be so calm in these kinds of situations. He answered all the questions, addressed all the issues so calmly. He came well prepared.
P.S - I would have cried in similar kinds of situations.
The question is what kind of parenting practices are in the society if the child can't speak to the parents openly & ask for help whenever needed. How are they not seeing signs of pain & distress inside their own house.
They are. They are simply choosing to ignore them. This is all on the parents.
Parent should take parenting training before having children.
No child should go on social media in my opinion.
What should they do? watch and learn from these politicians instead?
@@updogg1128 They should learn to touch grass.
@@updogg1128 what did people do before the internet? Go outside and play with friends or play inside
@@Boop345 what did people eat before civilization?
@@Tabletpillowlamp go ahead, why not, grass is still there
I hold more of the accountability on the parents. Zero was addressed towards them at the hearing.
My kids wouldn’t be on them til 10 and the at that age, I’ll have all contents viewed. If something inappropriately gets posted, ban.
Objectively, parents have blood on their hands. CEOs don't. If these old men understood this, they'd push for better parenting. Stop trying to bombard these tech giant CEOs and start pushing for parents to be more responsible. Don't raise children on iPads and phones. Actually raise children instead. A little kid shouldn't be on the internet unsupervised. Am I the only one who is thinking this?!
Nope- I am with ya! Blaming technology for lazy parents shouldn’t be a congress or social media problem.
Both parents and CEOs are responsible. Parents have the responsibly to supervise children while on net aswell as these companies being extremely strict on these child topics aswell.
@@rajeewakodithuwakku4885 nope, not a corporations job to be a parent
Not at all--if anything, this is a very based take that I wholeheartedly agree on. It's so god damn irresponsible for some parents to leave their kids roaming in the 'digital wild west' and think nothing of it. If you want to actually be a good parent, in my opinion, take some fxcking accountability and teach your kids about the dangers of the internet and guide them, and impose restrictions if need be. In this day and age, I cannot think of a good, legitimate excuse not to do so. Be active in your kid's life.
@@morsinvicta3904 yes! I chose to not have children because I knew that I wasn’t cut out for it. My animals have been all the responsibility that I wanted as far as coaching a being to maneuver the world..if I can have my dog able to do off leash hiking, I think parents can do some education & mgmt of their children’s internet usage
LOL! INSTAGRAM HAS UPDATED THE " SEE RESULTS ANYWAY" You can't see anything like that now! Well done Senator!
I upvoted you, but how do you know?
Found the pedo
Glad to see they are finally cracking down on drugs, guns, alcohol and gambling
Let’s see if they have the same outlook about guns
No they dont. It is so profitable for them.
If you’re gonna blame these CEOs, the parents also have to be held accountable. While CEOs should enforce policies that make it so that children and underage users should not be allowed to use their apps, parents should also enforce rules to ensure their children do not use those apps. Putting the entire blame on these CEOs, is beyond stupid and ridiculous.
Letting your kids on social media without supervision is like sending them into a crowded street but even worse. And it's happening every single day all day. Our future is questionable
This isnt an internet problem. Its a parents need to take responsibility problem.
Hahaha if you think good parenting will outweigh the tidal wave that is tech, then you are mistaken
The problem isn’t the parents; it’s the other kids around them. You know as much as I do that as a kid, if you want to get around your parents rules, you’ll find a way.
@@thisguy2973sounds like they're not parenting well enough
Protecting children from online harm is the responsibility of all parents, not tech giants or social media CEO's. It's like blaming a car manufacturer for the car accidents caused on the roads. Parents should stop shying from their responsibility and train children rightly, not blame businessmen for your own negligence to parent rightly.
How are platforms like this being blamed for the content other people are posting? What about we blame the people who are actually doing the awful things?
These politicians dont even know how to use a smart phone and have so much to say about social media 😂
This is a sensitive issue. On one hand, it is extremely unfortunate and unacceptable for this kind of behavior to be tolerated.
On the other hand, when we allow censorship to take HOLD (even in the slightest degree), it sets the stage for more sensorship and suppression of free speech.
The fact that these politicians speak with that kind of arrogance against people who each have the intelligence greater than all of them in that room combined is just…. Yeah….
You are confusing arrogance and naked greed for intelligence.
I was going to say, intelligence?
It’s embarrassing that our senators are just grandstanding when there are real problems with these social networks. If they want to change the laws, they should do that. I’m afraid this panel will stand in place of actual change.
They literally said that the parents don’t know what to do because it’s very very hard - its not that hard to check your kids phone
Yaccarino acting like X is a new company is hilarious.
yaccarino was just hired less than a year ago, so it's all new to her. 😂
all the while, musk gutted out much of the former employees who have been there much longer.
Are you responsible for the mess the old owner made of the house you bought from them. Thus x is new
@@NarinderxBaliyes, as soon as you step into that new house anything you fail to do to fix existing issues is now your problem
fixing takes time, they have added community notes, new trust and safety center , adding more features to site , grok ai etc . most of their updates are in beta due to new company being less than 1 year old@@lampisfun1139
Lawmakers have had over a decade to legislate against this. Instead, they've looked for sound bites in these endless and endless hearings
You’re on point
The internet is a dangerous place… 😂 Has he ever been outside?
It is dangerous? What point are you trying to make?
My point is that a pale old white dude is calling the internet a dangerous place when it’s obvious that he hasn’t seen sun light in years. In my opinion , he’s not qualified to call the internet a dangerous place when he lacks the experience to define this relative term.
Every we come up with a new innovation there's always gonna be somebody dog to exploit it that's just the way life goes deal with it and move on you weak little schmuck!
@@bulletproofchunkdionHe is making the point that going outside is equally, if not more dangerous than the internet for underage children without adult supervision. So if parents let their kids outside without supervision and say the kid got hurt in a playground, should we sue the playground owner/builder? 😂
Social media and its consequences have been DEVASTATING for society. I don't care, whatever these senators are doing, i support them. Screw meta and Discord
Boy, this isnt an easy subject to tackle, but like many things, accountability starts at home. You cannot just hope that these SM companies are going to hire people to regulate the trillions of graphic images of war violence, sexual abuse, animal torture, inappropriate messages, etc that are being shared every second on these platforms.
If you're a parent, you need to be auditing your children's social media as much as possible. Stay up to date on what's going on, identify potential threats, and above all, create a safe environment for your children to be honest with you.
Bruh.... What about the parents allowing their kids go on social media, like restricts on account and such???
Suddenly awareness of social media
If children are in danger on every social media or messenging app, then how can you put the blame or responsibility on ANY ONE SINGLE company or it's ceo?
This is absolutely ridiculous. Parents need to be more involved and watch there kids.
Arent those senators also guilty for sharing inappropriate messages also on these social media platforms
You have blood on your hands! Prosecutors and judges, do NOT do injustice!
A lot of these politicians seemed to be grandstanding with the classic "think of the children" rhetoric, but Cruz's giant screenshot does raise some very significant questions.
I disagreed with all of these law makers until I saw what he showed. How stupid could they be, to allow that kind of stuff on social media…… Shaking my head…
I’m sorry how does that make Sen Cruz’s grandstanding any different?
Ask Cruz why his daughter tried to commit suicide why don’t you parents be more aware of what your children are doing on social media better yet why don’t these politicians stop spreading hate and misinformation on these same platforms that would probably help
These same people who have worn AR-15 lapel pins...
@@stevemcgowen Don't see how that's relevant.
Great! Now bring NSA and its supporters and ask them to face every victim’s family, be it child or adult, and ask them to apologize and clarify what they are doing to fix the gun violence problem and till when will it be fixed.
“I believe with all the resources you have that you would be able to do more than you are doing.” Wow, almost like the everyday people have been saying these exact words for years and STILL no bills are made to protect living conditions. Crazy how that works, isn’t it, Ms. Klobuchar?
Make the internet 18+ only at this point
No kids on the internet PERIOD!!!
My younger self would disagree, but I'm not young anymore,so I'm all in on this idea
Amen to that as a younger millennial. Kids need to socialize with other kids in person, not on a content farm.
@@ShellyBellyBeans The industry should work with the department of justice to build a centralized database to store identity based on biometrics. It would also cut down on stolen identity and fraud. No identity, no entry.
Oh my god that would be utopian.
There is no safety in social media.
They should bring the CEO of UA-cam too in this discussion. 😂😂
It kinda seems the politicians had their minds already made up before the hearing. This was quite harsh.
Not company fault. Up to you as parents to block those site etc. Parents, take responsibility for your kids safety. I do and its not hard to do.
Parent your children! It's the parents jobs. And these CEOs aren't responsible. No kid under 17 should have a phone or laptop... period... I see too many kids using that stuff at under 10.
Children are not safe in schools or hospitals or clinics! There teaching them to get castrated, mutilated and to get hormones!
Children are our responsibility as parents can't blame the internet
parents should parent, not the government.
The damage done is already done and irreversible in most cases
They’re not trying to undo the damage done. They’re trying to prevent it from happening to more kids. I do however think it’s a childish idea. The whole point of being a parent is to love, care, nurture your children so that they have everything they need from now until they become an adult and can provide and protect themselves. As a parent you lay ground rules of what your child can and can’t do because it’s your job to protect them from the very dangerous outside world they aren’t ready to enter. It’s your kid as a parent to teach and raise your child to be a respectful, caring, loving, and responsible human being. That way when they grow up and reproduce they do the same thing but it also creates a base as a society. In a perfect world if everyone did that violence and such other things wouldn’t exist. But this isn’t a perfect world, it’s a very dark, and exploitive place. Most parents buy their child a phone which means it’s their job to regulate how the child uses it and for how long they use it, what content they view, and to protect them from the dangers of the internet. Many parents think because they’re in the house they’re fine, when in reality social media is nothing short of manipulative and overall disgusting. It’s easy accessibility and easy to use platform open a gateway of people to use it for malicious intent. Which means your child is now in more danger in your house on their phone(when viewing what they shouldn’t) and at risk of contact from someone else just as much as they would be if they were alone in the real world. To blatantly accuse Zuckerberg as being the whole problem is preposterous and completely unethical, and for a senator and the board to stand up there and say there’s blood on your hands when they have just as much if not more blood on their hands with problems they create and completely disregard because they have the money, power, and glory to do so is disgusting. If anything the justice system has failed America, and many Americans. It’s unfortunate that those people have the power to do such things, and furthermore the power to cover it up. The reality is they don’t give a damn about the kids of America in today’s day and age. They want the publicity stunt and attention, the support they get from doing this for personal gain. This whole facade is nothing short of a phony tactic, a ruse, and these senators are charlatans.
imagine if elon was in the hearing. he would call all of them boomers lmao
What a giant waste of money this hearing
Look the victims families in the eye and try to tell em that you weak scumbag
@@cm6string"Victims" of what? Oh yes, of poor parenting. That's who is responsible here. And yes, I would say that to the supposed "victims" face.
@@NateWilliams-h8q victims of social media and its disastrous consequences of degeneracy and illegal use that is not regulated and dealt with by the owner, mark. You would not say this and look in their eye. You couldn’t. How’s the boot taste?
A lot of "we're right" and "we know how to control social media", but half of hese senators still forward chain messages to make sure their page will still be activated.
Why are these CEO paid so much respect to these senators? They are a bunch of hypocrites.
Yadda yadda yadda cottage cheese
The parents also have to help. They should add more protection on the phones that they give to their children.
What the heck, since when do Senate hearings have live audience to cheer (@ 1:21)...
I think this issue is about parents to make sure that their kids do not have phone that goes on internet. The likes of Nokia 3310 for only emergencies. And when they are home doing their homework on a desk top at home you restrict these platforms. I don’t use Facebook , instagram, TikTok, twitter or other social media. UA-cam this is my first time to comment on UA-cam since I always see people crying about Facebook selling their information as if someone is holding a gun for them to join Facebook.
Only thing is we have seen this charade before again and again - NOTHING WILL BE DONE!
I can most certainly say the kids of these tech CEO’s don’t use any of there products or platforms .
why are they using words that sounds it like it came out of tv drama shows 😂
I thought they were talking about guns the first 8 minutes, guns are more dangerous to the lives of children than the internet.
I don't really understand this sentiment. All of it is dangerous.... Grooming, soliciting CSAM, distributing CSAM, kidnapping, sextortion, death threats, bullying... Like, all of these things are very real and horrible, and they are all things happening with these companies' platforms on the daily. That's the problem.
The responsibility of any of this is not on one entity or person. We can't point the finger at someone else. Why do we think kids in this day struggle to take responsibility themselves? The social media companies, government, schools, and parents all play a role. And why isn't UA-cam part of this?
US care about kids safety? Since when?
since never cuz all they want us power
Theses people are high, what did the CEOs do? You are responsible for your child
All this is caused by lack of parenting.
Do these other people know how hard it is to filter content on a platform that has MILLIONS of users with BILLIONS of content posted at once?
As if the government hasn’t done anything bad either 🙄.
No kidding that’s the pot calling the kettle black
Government is necessary. It's not a petty diversion.
@@alphanerd7221 neither of those are true
@@Wubwub772 Congrats on your crippling ignorance.
@@alphanerd7221 good comeback 👏🏼
I'm no fan of Meta, X, Snapchat and co and I don't use them. The CEOs of said companies are no saints BUT, what happened to parenting?
Most parents delegated their responsibilities to the federal government.
School pew pew ers are not responsible for your child feeling safe at school ❤
Gee how come Matt Geitz wasn't there for the child safety hearing?
OH.... RIGHT!
Or Boebrrrrrt. She'd have stood up and objected "but that's how I met my husband!"
Lmfaoooo the scripts and ambush to try and blame them is crazy
How bout NO children on the internet PERIOD.
Yes pleaasee omg. That would probably instantly transform the internet from the present day apocalyptic wasteland to the land of milk and honey.
How about no boomers like you?
Lets actually ban social medias
Their education system actually makes kids go on the internet. They make kids go online to do homework and projects!
Sure so your children can watch and learn from these senators. Great
Why dont people just get of social media if its upsets them ?
Wait a minute so seeing children as a potential market to make money is a bad thing now? So the company of Lego and other toy makers are in big trouble!
Lawmakers arguing that there is no law 😅😅😅😅
Or implement a federal law where minors are banned from social media. This is an issue that should be addressed by the federal government so that these CEOs have no choice but to abide by those laws. The chinese government has already done this, minors are not allowed to use social media such as tiktok in china and the CEO of tiktok has no choice but to respect that law.
I don't get it. Why are they blaming the platform? Isn't it the parents who is suppose to keep an eye on their own kids. Wtf
I think its all about how you parent your child, what you allow them to do and play with. Kids should not be on social media period!!
It’s easier to say - Kids should not watch TV or eat chocolates.
Say a kid has a birthday party in 2024 , how do you think the Bday photos are shared ?
@@aceravi10 If you don’t want your kids to watch tv, then you don’t let them watch tv. You throw a bday party for your kid and you as an adult share it with your friends and family using whatever social media you choose.
It’s not rocket science.
What pisses me off is during the pandemic, social media was so quick to shut you down as misinformation or violation of policies.
9:47 zuck stood on business though
They really trying to frame it as a gotcha moment. The guy has two daughters of his own. Of course he cares
This is just ridiculous, what are kids doing with phones anyways.