Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META) apologized on Wednesday to the families of children who were victims of abuse on social media platforms after being told by a senator “you have blood on your hands.”
The bosses of several social media groups, also including Linda Yaccarino of X — formally Twitter — and Evan Spiegel of Snap Inc (NYSE:SNAP), attended a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing three months after a whistleblower at Meta told Congress that Instagram was not doing enough to protect young people from online harassment.
Families of victims — some of whom killed themselves after being sexually exploited online — were present to hear the testimony.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) told Zuckerberg he had blood on his hands, while Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) ...