Multiple tech CEO’s testified in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee to discuss social media regulation and address concerns around the safety of children and younger users. During the hearing, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) spoke to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg (META) claiming that he, and the other companies represented at the hearing, “have blood on your hands.”
While there are some protections in place, many argue that social media platforms need to do more to implement policies that protect children, while others say it is up to the government to act and put in proper legislation.
Matt Perault, UNC Tech Policy Professor and Former Facebook Public Policy Director, joins Yahoo Finance to discuss social media executives testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee and the massive undertaking that is involved in regulating social media.
Perault comments on what could be done to help: “The question about solutions is a really, really hard one. This is an issue I think where there’s a lot of unity amongst parents and amongst lawmakers that there is a challenge that we should address in some form. And as a parent, I feel a lot of sympathy with that perspective. I think the question is, how do we do it in a way that is respective of kids’ rights to free expression and respective of kids’ privacy? That is really difficult to do in practice. It’s extremely difficult…”
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Editor’s note: This article was written by Nicholas Jacobino
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