TECH - Senate Demands Answers From Mark Zuckerberg Linda Yaccarino And Other Tech CEOs On Online Child Safety Concerns | Benzinga
A Senate committee announced, on Monday, the subpoena of X, Discord, and Snap Inc (NYSE:SNAP) CEOs, escalating its investigation into children’s online safety.
The Senate Judiciary Committee is calling on X’s Linda Yaccarino, Discord’s Jason Citron, and Snap’s Evan Spiegel to testify at a hearing slated for Dec. 6. This follows their “repeated refusals” to cooperate in the investigation, The Washington Post reported.
The session aims to interrogate these tech leaders on their companies’ failures in protecting children online. The committee also anticipates the voluntary appearance of Meta Platforms Inc.’s (NASDAQ:META) CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, and TikTok’s CEO, Shou Zi Chew.
This action is in response to growing concerns over the potential harm social media platforms may have on children’s mental health, a topic of bipartisan interest in Congress.
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