Watch again: TikTok, X, Meta, and Snap CEOs testify at Senate child safety hearing
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- Watch as the CEOs of TikTok, X/Twitter, Meta, Discord, and Snap testify before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on online child sexual exploitation on Wednesday, 31 March.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, X/Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel, and Discord CEO Jason Citron testified.
The tech leaders appeared before lawmakers to answer questions on the steps their companies are taking to keep children safe online.
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Mr Chew got the worst grilling but he stayed cool under the circumstances
Wrong grilling huh ? Why are you so affirmative about that.
@@androwaydie4081I don’t give a fk when a senator talk shits without brain and respect! Better be keep barking like a dog cunnt, no need to argue to rubbish especially when barking like a dog cunnt! Why don’t you do shits to Parental control of to limit the access to porn website??? I watch it since 12 watch all day long and fk as many! Look at the mirror and stop hypocrites barking dog county!
Well trained yet he’s still as guilty
@@n.e2099not one of then is guilty in this conversation 😂
Atleaat he got to catch more break than zuck
Let's blame the knife manufacturer for so many people getting stabbed everyday.
Yeah, let's blame the cigarette factory
How about the ban of guns in the US?😂😂😂
Agreed. We should blame soda companies and candy companies for child obesity and dental issues. In my day, my mother and father did not allow us access to anything that would harm us. If people quit allowing social media to babysit their children… you know what, nvmd. I yield
youre american arent you ? only an american can say something like that 🤣🤣
@@sabinamller Hit the nail on the head!
Everyone that has gotten into a car accident, sue the car company for even letting you buy the car.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Also sue the knife manufacturer as it used to stab people.
That’s what they are trying to do it with tesla
And also sue the people who manufactured drugs instead of sueing people who sell drugs to you.
Dude every analogy is NOT THE SAME FOR F SAKE!
Those founders are not spending enough money to protect kids, Zuck spends 5million dollars for protection of child content on Instagram whereas he earns 30 billion dollars in profit! That’s insane and it’s very insane that you don’t have the brains to figure it out!
And the mere fact that none of the CEO’s and founders are willing to work with the senators for protection is just ridiculous
How smart this is. It starts with parents showing their children and develops into politics... this setup was never about the children 😢
Ironically these senators are using facebook for their political campaigns
😂😂😂 true
yes! then behind closed doors, they beg billionaires to fund their campaign.
Im not arguing that many politicians aren't corrupt or self interested. But this meeting is about child safety.
@@jessiejamesferruolo yes that's true
So you didn't understand anything?
How come parents are not being held liable for their own children safety?? Its the parents #1 responsibly and priority and obligation in this world to do everything they can to protect their children, yet they choose to give teenagers the unlimited freedom to do whatever they want? Everyone knows that social media is dangerous.
It's not "big techs" job to protect your children! ITS YOUR JOB AS A PARENT!!
100% agree. These people are all barking up the wrong tree. The excuse of “learning about/implementing parental controls is too complicated” sounds to me like lazy parenting. Yes social media should have regulations that protects against online predators but it’s the parents responsibility as parents to protect their children. This also includes teaching their children how to behave online. The issue is it’s much easier to point fingers at others than point the fingers at themselves. It’s much more uncomfortable and harder to look at what “we” are doing wrong vs what someone else is doing wrong. I agree with Zuckerberg on his idea on requiring parents to approve every app that gets downloaded. It stops the issue before it even has the chance of becoming an issue
I 100% agree! If you do not know parental control. Don’t give them these devices! Parents lack of being present in their kids lives should be the conversation!
These companies still have alot of power influemce and obligation to reduce garbage on their platforms
Oh shut up would ya
@@manifestationcrafts 🤡
Failed parenting. That is it. There are cliffs on earth. If their kids fell off it, will they blame the earth? If their kids drown, will they blame the water?
They have to do parenting. Spend time with their kids and teach them value for life. That would prevent them from opening their clothes and pants in front of randon strangers online.
There are books, but if they burn the book and bring the house down, are you going to blame the publisher?
STUPID MINDSET GROW UP !!!
i think it very inappropriate that Mr. chew is being ask about where he and his family lived, or did it came to the U.S legally, those question HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE SEXUAL EXPOITATION OF CHILDREN ON SOCIAL MEDIA APP!!!
They are senators, so just being politicians
@@user-ok3wu1mp3dand being racist asf 😂
Pay attention Chew on his part is very disrespectful not paying attention to questions but busy writing. Arrogant attitude
His loyalty is with ccp or not matters
@americansfirst9679 Respect goes both ways, the level of disrespect he's endured is incomparable.
Don't blame those CEO blame the parents who don't educate or monitor their childrens online use
Don’t blame drug dealers, blame the users. Nice mentality mr smart american
@@gurkkan4065what a stupid example mr smart american, if the parents control their teens usage of the internet they wouldn't have these problems, if one drug dealer stop dealing there is another one in the other corner, It's the parents fault
@@andrelucas3804true!!!
@@gurkkan4065😂😂😂😂
@@andrelucas3804💯👍
Senators, explain to me why these horrible crime rate is HIGER in the USA compared to Singapore when the teens have the same access to phones, internet, moreover these platforms in both countries.
Diversity?
@@flyingchimp12 look it up. Singapore is as diverse as the USA :)
This is ridiculous, nothing but a bully session. Their mind and agenda were already set. They didn’t really want to here from anybody. Asking questions after questions and noone never gets to answer any of them. I understand how social media plays a role in being present in the choices that someone makes that could lead to depression and even suicide. But ultimately it comes down to choice and the luxury of free will. Non of the ceo’s chove their platforms down anybodys throat or hold a gun to their heads. Every single one of them choose to go to their respective appstores to download them and also made choices on how they use these apps.liquor and drugs are available and if you choose to take drugs or drink, getting into it won’t be hard at all. Blaming a social app for someones choice is crazy to me.
These CEOs are powerful people. Why do they pay so much courtesy and respect to these bunch of uneducated and uninformed senators that are not even representing the people's interests.
They should agree to ban guns and weapons that have killed more school children than social media. What a fcked up country the US has become.
they ask questions and don't even let them respond
Yes very cruel and stubborn senators
But they were simple yes or no questions and the CEO's spun them for a loop with yada yada yada just what they've been doing for ever just a bunch of we do this and we do trying to explain something they can explain because the problem continues to rise so whatever they are doing bs and all they wanted to do was ramble about justifying their actions or the lack of
@@Sportsfan4lifebro no question in these video is a yes or no question that’s not how it works
The senators clearly discriminate with Tiktok CEO
He also doesn’t appear too bright when the TikTok executive states he’s Singaporean multiple times and tries to tie Chinese communism to his questions
in my opinion children should be banned from having the facebook Tiktok and any ther App under the ages, and especially their parents should be keep an eye on their children like how to used the internet correctly🙏🙏
Right. There should be identity validation, like with banking and investing apps. Only responsible adults should be able to buy and operate smartphones and install social media apps.
nope@@m4l490n
All i know after this is singaporian = chinese = china = ccp = communist = URSS = Stalin = Poutine = Russia wtf?
Cotton forcing Tiananmen Square topic onto a Singaporean. A less convoluted and more respectful question, to ask someone of a different nationality that, would be
to ask Senator Cotton if his last name was inherited, and if so were his forefathers and ancestors involved in the cotton industry? And continue to ask, what else happened in the cotton industry in American history? Who were the main source of labor?
You know nothing
You cant blame these companies and CEOs for the parents shortcomings.
really 🤣agree
YOU MISSED THE POINT BY A HUNDRED MILES. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THESE BILLIONAIRES DO NOT PAY TAXES, AND PROFIT FROM CRIMES SUCH AS PEDOPHILIA, WHICH THEY DO NOT PREVENT ON ANY OF THESE PLATFORMS!!!!!!!!!!!!
When the children are going through all that suicidal thoughts and all that what were the parents doing about it just sitting and waiting for the inevitable to happen?
You assume parents know in the first place. They may notice depression, but depression doesn’t equal suicidal, and SH and suicidality is easy to hide when you have to. Parents might try getting the kid help for depression but it’s hard to treat (even with pills thrown at it) when the cause is unknown
I wonder if the senators shaming the CEO’s deleted their Facebook & X accounts?! Before starting this meeting…
I’m sorry to say but this issue originates at home… with the parents or whoever is giving a kid a cell or access to media…
I see you don't have kids!!
@@Justfreeloadinglol, go to asia and this is rarely the case since parents barely give phones to the kid at young age or do parentsl control. This is the parents fault for not controlling. Dont give excuses like, “i see u dont have a kid”, cuz this is not a big problem in asiia
@@Justfreeloading I see you're not actually a good parent.
It's a societal issue that children want and have phones at the age of 13 or even younger. Children feel pressured to have one because their friends have phones. Easy way out of a fight is to parents succumb to the pressure and given as a birthday or Christmas present. What's scary is you don't know who your child is talking to or watching.
Both the parents & CEOs should be blamed. IMO, the CEOs of these companies should make it their policy to ensure underage users are not allowed to use it, and parents need to ensure that their kids really won’t use it.
Instead of political brinkmanship and humiliating the CEOs (the worse reserved for a Singaporean CEO), why didn't the Senators ask the CEOs how they can help with the child safety problem via legislation?
The senators and "responsible parents" are just playing the blame game. Due to their failures. It's like blaming the knife manufacturer for the stabbing murders.
Social media can be dangerous to children. But.... It's not just children but it's to all people. Too much if everything good is bad that's how it's been and that's how it will always be. Food is a good thing right? But too much of it can cause some health complications and obesity. Since it becomes a life threatening situation it is the obligation for the person eating (if he wants to continue to live) to cut down on the food intake and exercise and be on a diet. That doesn't mean stop eating. If what Mr. Ossof was saying to Zuckerberg applied to this scenario, he'd basically be telling Zuckerberg that "Hey! Food is getting people fat, so in order to cut that down, make food less delicious!" Which is just outrageous!
It's not the fault of the apps or any of the CEO's. They're doing all that they can but it's the duty and responsibility of the parents to ensure the safety of their children by setting down some ground rules, giving them strict screen time, daily advice and so on...
So the parents whose children committed suicide because of the "apps" should CAN IT! because they're the ones who've failed their children.
And maybe if the economy was not the mess it is today, parents wouldn't have to work double jobs to survive and would actually have time to guide they're kids.
(And I'm just 16!)
Really good comment 🎉
100% the parents fault. They are the ones that need to control their children that cant think for themselves.
Nosense
Mark made a great suggestion (hr2 min 41)! These senators want to sue lol. Lets get real politicians & hold parents accountable.
Its funny how the ones who got subpoenaed barley got any questions thrown at them
Nosense
This is such an odd subject. Are you going to sue Verizon if your kid texts a child molester? How exactly is it their problem? They all seem to be taking fairly reasonable steps to prevent kids from being exploited, but how much can they actually do? In the internet age there is always going to be a way to circumvent these and predators will find those ways around. So they are going to allow the victim to sue the platform they were contacted on rather than going directly after the predator? With the overseas predators it's obviously significantly more difficult to go after the predator, but they do it by design because these people are smarter than they are given credit for.
The parents need to step their game up. I see so many little kids being parented by an iPad instead of by a human, but people are always looking to shift blame. I can tell you that my kids wont be on these apps at all, and I wouldn't hesitate to buy a flip phone that can only call and text until they are old enough to actually take on the responsibility of a smart phone. I don't care how embarrassing it may be.
Platforms are made for good use , but if u can't control ur own side of getting exposed to those brutal things in bad and trash way of using it then, U got no right of Blaming the CEO's!!!
It would be interesting if all social media platforms reached a common agreement to withdraw their businesses from the United States. I would be curious to see how people would react, perhaps expressing their dissatisfaction or concerns.
In others words I bet this same people will be crying and complaining
God I wish they would- it’s getting ridiculous rude, vulgar, people waiting for the moment they can slam someone in the comment sections- and it’s dreadful boring bS rhetoric these days
Social media is such an addictive platform and gives you anxiety if use excessively
Like everything, if you consume something excessively most could be harmful, this is the parents fault, I'm 20 years old and yes today is worst then back in day when i was younger, but my parents controlled my screen time and what i could or couldn't see, and i was a happy kid and grew normal, but if they didn't do that and i would ve been on internet freely 24/7 idk what could've happened, yes they should try to do better with their apps but it's the parents fault
@@andrelucas3804 You're right but it's not only parents fault. Why these companies don't give any warning or do any other step to prevent the user from using their apps excessively. They can do this so they should do this. They only encourage us to watch more and more
Yes, but parents play important roles in monitoring their children's usage online. If parents don't play their role, then who else will? Blaming the CEO/chair of social media platform is just plain irresponsible and childish act.
Pornsite
Thanks!
It so pathetic how some senators cut off the answers and use this topic to advertise how many bills they have passed. How can you be so cynic to politicize this issue? Only yes/no questions, with enforced lack of context. That's such a weak, self righteous/populist rhetoric driven by emotions. I'm not defending any of the CEO's but we deserve a way more responsible approach to collaborate on solving these problems. Happily some senators are way more intelligent in their interrogation ways.
Amen Mr. Graham you tell them someone has to be accountable for these family's that have lost family members to these platforms.
1:11:09 It’s funny, because an Israeli TikTok employee resigned, saying that there was a problem with TikTok’s release, and TikTok must be held responsible. Then a U.S. congressman resigned because there was a problem with the entire Congress, so the entire United States should be held accountable ?
What is this stupid question?
There is difference between corporate employees and representative of American Citizen.
You can't blame them but they can do better to prevent online sexual exploitation against children.
I agree, but even if you put a new wall in front of people who are exploiting children they will find another way around it. At some point, it becomes much easier and safer to target the people as the problem and not the companies. But that's not a subject that people are ready for. I am not siding with anyone, but how many parents have the talk with their children about social media, and proper use. How many kids who are under 16 yo are on TikTok when TikTok is not to be used under 16. I will get a lot of comments saying that I am wrong, but just answer this question to yourself if you plan to attack me for what I said. Do children have proper education about talking to strangers online?
Why do senators exhibit more restraint on TikTok and X during this particular hearing?
Because tiktok in the US already basically gave their data to a third party already.
@@gurkkan4065 The Chinese government can access our data at any time through Chinese records, establishing an open door for them as the data creators. This situation arises as we grapple with challenges in removing all the viruses.
It’s insane…
I was surprised that CEO of UA-cam didn't appear in this video
Oh how sad it is that the US government cant afford to buy new mics that dont crack and make everyone's ears bleed with every word spoken into them. Very sad indeed. 😒
I don't understand, why they don't catch the criminals who did rapist, etc but only blame the CEO and not doing act? Are the CEO have connection with the criminals?
Tom never had this problem with “Myspace” lmaooo
Do their lawyers advise them not to answer yes or no questions?
They subpoenaed their asses to be present and they shamelessly start with I am honoured and pleased to be here to talk about this important issue!
Mr. Graham's views on accountability of Big Tech are correct. Not only for Americans but for everyone worldwide.
Nice to know that discord has no encryption. No more with it
A sex offender can find anyway to hurt a child .. parents seem to always get blamed yet these companies always get a slap on their poor little hands .. no , they’re allowing all these crimes to happen .. enough is enough.. it’s not right to allow these innocent children to die or murder others .. you make billions and billions but yet you can’t protect these children and all the victims
Damn ridiculous
Why All SCHOOL Hearing
If i were Mr. Shuo i would have asked if we could blame the parents and American gun laws also. Its like an alcoholic blaming the liquor.
Behind every great fortune lies a great crime.
Mr Padilla and Mr Tillis handled it really great and professional in my opinion. While other senators made themselves look like clowns in some way. Still, I am greatful for this whole debate, that is rising the conciousness about the topic and as many others in the comments say, we all agree that we must protect our children, espacially as parents, but also everyone who is not a parent or in another situation. This is a very good and important first step. We all must remember that Social media is a really new phenomenon to humanity, which means we first have to figure out how to handle it properly. We all know about how bad it is, but reality shows that 95% of the people you see in daily life use their smartphones all the time. We really need education on how the human psychologie works and how algorithems work to catch us. And how to escape them. The knowledge is there. We need to teach it. Take the books by Allan Carr for example. This is critical knowledge to quit bad habits. Or the 1% Method. And many more. Hope everyone takes more responsability for his/herself and others to protect him/herself and others.
Being an Australian, I'm glad our government isn't as idiotic and blatantly xenophobic as the majority of senators in Congress. "Senators" like Tim Cotton should be kicked off their seats despite being so "qualified" for the job.
Im from Portugal and the right wing is full of racist, but I don't think as bad as this, this is so stupid
Xenophobix? 😂 oh you little weeb, you have so much yet to understand about the real world.
The fuc is australia?
Blame the smart cell inventors, don't blame this geniuses .
the layering :O
correction channel admin the description says March 31st, it should be Jan 31st
Why This is Happening after Israeli Conflicts with Palestine ?
That Issue was started way back in 2005 may be ever prior to that.
All these companies owe me money. Tell them to transfer amount in my account now
I'm sorry but making Mark apologize to these families for THEIR OWN NEGLIGENCE is pretty dumb. Just because he paved the way for social media doesn't mean he tells you to use it in the first place/how to use it. It's like not wearing a seatbelt then getting mad that you flew out of your car.
Clearly this age of 13 is the issue. Simply raise the bar to 18. Anyone under 18 is a minor. Simple as that. Where do they get this 13 from? Under 13 shouldn’t even be online without parental supervision. 17 to 13 should have protected accounts that are verified. 18 and older, should not have sexually graphic material unless they are adult sites like porn. Never mix teen, child and adult material in the same places. WTF?
Fantasy
it is always guilty, till proven innocent.
How come the law not catching up with gun dealers for all the shootings in America?
Mrs Blackburn was the worst one for me. She didn't ask any questions, just gave a speech
Talking about childrens using Social media, while other childrens with no phones are dying day by day in Palestiine, why dont you bring Nathanyahu besides those ceo's? as Ranking Member said, i'll take that as no!
As much as i agree with you on that, this is about american rights, they will not be speaking about that
Yup sir
You don't need Trust and Safety Experts who own shares in Big Tech. That's a conflict of interest.
THEY ALSO CAN BLAME SOCIAL PLATFORMS FOR THESE HORRIBLE THINGS BUT EVERY ONE OF THEM BE TAKING FUNDS OVER AND OVER FROM THE RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN GUILTY OF THIS FOR NOT YEARS CENTURIES NO ONE CAN REFUTE MY COMMENT AT ALL
It's interesting to see the difference between Republicans and Democrats during a bipartisan hearing. The Republicans seem to get a lot more passionate and ask significantly more hard hitting questions.
It is the responsibility of parents and personal users, if it goes this way, then US and UK has to apologize entire world every day
what ai app is this the detail is on point ??
there's a few but not close to this
gonna be using child safety to regulate the internet? hmmm me thinks so.
Are we going to remove all the children and place into child protective services?
If public policy is supposed to "step in" to temper the inherent incentive that corporations have to grow exponentially regardless of their impact on the well-being of consumers and communities, then WHERE have all these senators been for the last 20 years? They certainly haven't been stepping in with meaningfully ethical public policies, but now it's time to yell from the moral high ground as if most of ya'll haven't been flaming hypocrites since before you were elected to office.
Well it is ridiculous to have this hearing in the first place....but at least this will creates awareness about safety and ethical use of social media and perhaps AI for all...period
"Of course we will work with you senator! The OS for our killer robot army isnt quite ready yet..."😅
Glorifying the God particle without looking oracle’s up
Make social media 18+ case closed
Yep
28:59 This is the reason for this drama.
Parents cant watch their childs every move because lifestyles are fast pace and sometimes hectic. Plus theres too many sickos out their preying on children.
Solution: all children dont have social accounts untill their 16.
I'd push it to 18, ngl. A lot can happen between the ages of 16-18.
What the hell is this ? Why their parents allow them to use these platforms?
No time stamps? :’)
I reported couple of videos that contains child pornography to facebook and FACEBOOK IGNORED IT, saying THE VIDEOS HAVE NOT VIOLATED THEIR POLICIES
Parents outof responsibility
I cannot understand how annoying and stupid some of the republican senators are. how can you ask the question and then answer it yourself after interrupting the other person. completely idiotic behavior. Mr Graham could learn a thing or two about behaving himself from Chairman Durbin. The same goes for Mr Cotton
Abolish the senate.
Hope you get this done. An them platform's need to know kids lie about there age to get on the app.
Mr. Durbin is right. So true.
If there is a problem with META personal profile like forgetting a password of a phone number that no longer exists, you cannot even talk to a human to solve a problem. It's fckn disappointing for a billion dollar company who cannot even hire human services to assist other humans.
America is a very strange country. The system is bizarre, senators asking inept questions because of their own poor understanding its all just a I'm doing this for the people and ranting so it looks good on the TV in reality they couldn't give a toss.
Some of them have (except tiktok banned) biggest market in India. Most of teenagers are from India still our MPs is sleeping.
This doesn't make sense . Then go sue the car company for accident
Mr. Graham is right. So true.
Young people do not need to use social media at all. They need to spend time with their parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and fellow siblings and cousins. Furthermore, kids need to read books in paper form and play classical board games offline.
These parents (supposed victims) has resorted to blaming tech companies and have not taken responsibility for allowing their children to access these products when the parents know and are aware of the dangers of the internet. On the other hand, some may argue that tech companies are aware they are creating dangerously addictive products in order to keep people using their products. We're living in a complex situation, conflicts are rising and tech companies, civilians and governments have a share in the blame. If we don't resolve the issues we face today then we may be heading towards another global war, it's devastingly upsetting to think civilisation is hardwired to this path of violence. A cycle that has been raging for centuries. War looks like the driving force that catalyses large technological and social advancements to the future. I wish leading figures of the world in the Science, Political and other sectors would come up with a better solution than War.
As much as I would love age verification to happen, t he issue with age verification is that it would not allow anyone who is undocumented on social media. That’s a huge issue in itself.
La solución a todo es amor, tolerancia, disciplina...pasar más tiempo con la familia....independientemente de las redes sociales, los chicos tienen que ser atendidos por su familia. Sabemos q en una familia siempre hay conflictos, y sumenle que en tiempos de redes sociales quieres busca amor inconscientemente. Mi mayor pesame a todas las familias....pasad más tiempo con sus familias🎉🎉🎉❤
Where did the thumbnail occur
Fortnite saved my life from Social Media platforms
This is a very shame show.
It's absurd how they invited company owners and forgot the companies who manufactured the phones used by the victims.
It is awful how the parents of these kids are left without care and protection at home but they go as far as trying to sue the products. Let's blame the knife company for selling knives used in stabbing. We should sue the ladder companies after we fall from them or sue a car company after a car accident.
Am following the proceedings on Facebook 😂😂😂
They really hate tiktok
Why is this girl speaking so slowly than anyone else
Maybe America is lacking of money
I was saying the same shid just now
Shut them all down if they do not abide by the Laws of our Country
Yes because it's their fault for their unresponsibility with their childs, grow up
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Pointing out problems doesn’t mean that they’ll be solved, if they want actual change they should propose solutions instead and listen instead of trying to catch a mistake in one response