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Zuckerberg seeks to place responsibility onto Apple and Google for underage social media use
Congress today is grilling the chief executives of several big tech companies, including Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, about potential harms from their products on teens.
Apple and Google, not social media companies, should be responsible for checking users’ ages to ensure they are not underage, Zuckerberg told lawmakers, suggesting it would be “trivial” for Congress to design legislation regulating app store owners. Minnesota Democrat Sen. Amy Klobuchar appeared visibly upset as she recounted the stories of parents whose children were harmed by social media platforms, including young people who died by suicide after being threatened by predators online. 4 hr 39 min ago Discord CEO Jason Citron appeared to squirm under direct questioning by Sen. Lindsey Graham, who repeatedly pressed him to support multiple bills in Congress that would regulate social media platforms.
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