CEOs of Social Media Platforms Popular with Teens to Testify Before Senate on Child Safety

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The CEOs of Meta, X/Twitter, TikTok, Snapchat, and Discord are set to testify January 31 before the U.S. Senate “about their failure to protect children” on social media.

The Senate Judiciary Committee announced Wednesday that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, X/Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel, and Discord CEO Jason Citron will testify before the committee in January during a hearing about online child exploitation, the Verge reported.

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TikTok influencers Florin Vitan (L) and Alessia Lanza perform a video for the social network TikTok in the “Defhouse”, a TikTok influencers incubator in Milan, on January 21, 2021.  (MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP via Getty Images)

While Zuckerberg and Chew agreed to testify, Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) reportedly issued subpoenas for Yaccarino,…

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