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Online Child Exploitation

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technologypolitics1 year ago•6 min saved

"Senator Tom Cotton Questions TikTok CEO on Chinese Communist Party Ties and Citizenship"

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew faced tough questioning from U.S. senators during a hearing, denying any affiliation with the Chinese Communist Party and defending the company's data practices. Senators raised concerns about Chinese government influence, censorship, and the promotion of harmful content on the platform, contrasting it with the Chinese version of TikTok. The CEO faced scrutiny over his ties to Chinese companies and the CCP, as well as TikTok's interactions with the Biden administration.

via Fox Business|

#censorship #chinese-communist-party #online-child-exploitation

technology1 year ago•5 min saved

"Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg Faces Senate Hearing and Apologizes to Families for Online Harms"

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg apologized to families of children harmed online during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on child safety, where tech leaders defended their companies from accusations of failing to protect kids from exploitation and abuse. The CEOs of Meta, X, TikTok, Snap, and Discord largely highlighted actions they've taken to alleviate these problems, with Zuckerberg pushing back on the link between mental health and social media. The hearing aimed to drum up support for federal legislation to safeguard children from the online world, with legislative efforts at the national level mostly failing, but state legislators introducing over 100 bills to regulate children's interactions with social media.

via ABC News|

#mark-zuckerberg #meta #online-child-exploitation