Mark Zuckerberg Apologizes to Families as Tech CEOs Face Tough Questions on Child Safety

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Mark Zuckerberg apologized directly to families who say their children were harmed by social media platforms in a Senate Judiciary Committee on child safety issues. The Meta CEO addressed attendees who lost children to online harms and faced nearly four hours of bipartisan questioning with other CEOs. Senators from both parties grilled the CEOs of Meta, X, Snap, TikTok, and Discord for over three hours, demanding accountability for online child exploitation. They expressed frustration at the lack of progress on the issues despite past hearings.

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00:00 It's Benzinga and here's what's on the block.

00:02 Mark Zuckerberg apologized directly to families who say their children were harmed by social

00:06 media platforms in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Child Safety Issues.

00:09 The Meta CEO addressed attendees who lost children to online harms and faced nearly

00:13 four hours of bipartisan questioning from other CEOs. Senators from both parties grilled the

00:18 CEOs of Meta, X, Snap, TikTok, and Discord for over three hours demanding accountability for

00:23 online child exploitation. They expressed frustration at the lack of progress on the

00:27 issues despite past hearings. Zuckerberg came under significant scrutiny as CEO of Meta,

00:31 which owns Facebook and Instagram. For all things money, visit Benzinga.com.

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