Social media execs grilled in Congress over child safety concerns

[@nickgardner1408]

Parents want to outsource the job of raising their children to tech execs. Here is a solution, keep the kids off social media until they’re 18.

[@skbusiness1260]

You woudnt have said the same thing if you were growing up with social media. W social media

[@jponz85]

Absolutely

[@whotookthacookie]

​​@@skbusiness1260 I grew up with social media and I agree with Nick. What exactly are you basing your argument on? Because the key focus should be the wellbeing of the children and social media has proven to affect babies, children, and teens negatively.

[@kinglionsdivinemathematics4573]

Took the words out my mouth. Just because it's new and trending doesn't mean expose your children to. I know it's hard when u have to work everyday and it seems ok to distract your kids with technology but is the risks worth the rewards.

[@pricklypear7516]

Here's an idea: When you give kids phones, tell them that you will be checking them periodically. And DO it! It's not "snooping"; it's the terms by which they must abide if they want access. Kids who know they're being monitored just stay away from dangerous situations.

[@SimonGonzales-t8c]

Parents need to take responsibility too

[@IamNiggler]

100% parents fault

[@SimonGonzales-t8c]

@@IamNiggler yup agree

[@Endoftime-ej7sr]

Not every child has a parent that cares. Not every child has a parent.

[@kingphilwill]

Um...children get social media devices from someone..lol..​@Endoftime-ej7sr

[@Unknown-zm3zv]

Should of taught them never send photos online

[@jrquinn9377]

And here we go again, parents blaming everyone else but themselves. Social media is not a public utility, it is not a necessity for everyday living. It is a parents responsibility to know what their children are doing. If you're too busy or too lazy to supervise your child, then don't give them access to social media. As far as I know, not giving your child access to social media is not against the law or child abuse. So stop blaming others for your laziness or lack of time to see what your children are doing.

[@MissusChanandlerBong]

Isn't this failure of parenting 🤔 not monitoring their children? How are social media execs responsible for this? Also, I don't consider 16-17yo little children who doesn't understand the consequences of using social media... maybe just stupid to take the risk in the first place

[@jaimetorres3113]

Blaming these tech companies is the equivalent of blaming the Internet service provider, phone provider or any other communication source. Parents monitor your children. Parents teach your children. Parents parent.

[@PikUpYourPantsPatrol]

Nothing changes, nobody gets thrown in jail, same song and dance. This is a show.

[@pricklypear7516]

Well, Congress is "protecting kids." Mark Zuckerman "has blood" on his hands while Lindsey Graham BATHES in it with the NRA's blessing.

[@freetoplayaccount3487]

Where is the parents. Parents need to know who are they talking to and if they won’t tell then take the phone away. Sheesh.

[@Endoftime-ej7sr]

Some parents are dead, unfit and some gave their kids away.

[@capitalmedia6591]

Ok but shouldn’t parents be on the hook for this? I have a daughter and I wouldn’t let her use any social media til shes 16. It’s like suing a straw company for accidentally poking your eye

[@livingstonmech4250]

One thing to understand if you open your front door dirt will come inside...its not good to blame on the door.....

[@StoicMind707]

🔥

[@Endoftime-ej7sr]

Experts know the world is filled with psychopaths and phedophiles. It was their job to make sure they weren’t able to get to kids.

[@CJ-fh5xq]

Guess I have to sue Soda companies if I had health problems because of it.

[@Truelib99Hobbes]

Actually we have regulations about food additives for this very reason. It's reasonable to place limitations on tech companies. Cigarette companies, alcohol companies, remember those?

[@MasterTemp]

​@@Truelib99HobbesYa just regulate everything communist Karen.

[@tyafasf]

Exactly right

[@kingphilwill]

​@@Truelib99Hobbesthere's already age requirements for social media apps...blame the parents..

[@Alexthatsnottaken]

100% the parents fault. Not mark zuck

[@brentjames6049]

Both they should have a age restriction who can go on social media monitor your kids stop blaming parents

[@yachtysworld]

Take responsibility parents, you're grown adults, jeez.

[@brentjames6049]

Take responsibility for January 6 then

[@nghsrae14]

How tf is it the fault of the execs?! It's the parents fault!

[@Endoftime-ej7sr]

Not all parents give a crap about their kids. Experts knew this. It’s why we have congress in the first place. To set laws for people.

[@nghsrae14]

@@Endoftime-ej7sr it's still not the execs' fault, it's the parents' fault.

[@XrpAndy]

This is ridiculous. Parents need to parent and pay attention

[@Zer-ty5gx]

They don't care. They profit from things like that. Words are words, but actions are actions.

[@nicholasmesa3588]

Easy, keep your children off socials.

[@Impozalla]

These parents are acting like as if Meta and Google are parenting their kids. No, every parents should be involved in the kids lives. If parents felt that meta is exposing their children to these pornographic and other adult materials then they need to think about getting their children flip phones or not buying them any smartphone. Blaming meta and the Google is he easy way out. Parents need to be held responsible for their actions. Blaming meta and Google is the easy way out of their duties.

[@judylaaper4849]

Graham is ok with trump lying on web sites but shames them for this . Graham should shut up

[@themartdog]

Also a hypocrite. Zuckerberg should have slapped back with a comment about guns

[@carolvan9703]

Ok parents. Blaming some else but yourself. Bs!

[@Chels-fz5uq]

Lindsay graham saying they have blood on their hands? Yet he’s against better gun laws….he also has blood on his hands. All of the GOP have blood on their hands.

[@zwels]

Agreed with many others on parents taking responsibility. The entire Internet is filled with the worst of humanity. What did you think was going to happen????

[@Endoftime-ej7sr]

I can’t imagine how many psychopaths and phedophiles are on the internet in general. Let alone social media.

[@shannonoah_]

At what point are parents going to be held liable for neglecting their children? They are the guardians responsible for raising, training and protecting their kids. Are they too busy? Blaming books, video games, movies, and now apps...is a scapegoat for poor parenting.

[@Endoftime-ej7sr]

A child cannot distinguish psychopaths from normal people. Experts know the statistics. Children and parents don’t.

[@salvadorbravo4187]

Parents, don't just blame these CEOs, but take RESPONSIBILITY for not doing a thing to keep your children safe, spend some time with them. Parents are to blame for their children's actions.

[@AsukaKagurazaka]

They are not people! -j

[@Thompsonswaggmaster]

No prison time, this is a joke

[@clifftoonferares6688]

From my perspective, this was a complete waste of time, when Congress people own stock in these companies, and these companies allegedly work for the CIandA! If you want to protect kids, put the bible and discipline back in schools, and the ones over forty, in Congress, already know this is what's wrong with the kids in this country. Replace DHS with parents that fear God and not kids! Feeds kids real food like they do in Japan, and don't give them phones until they are sixteen years old. Problem solvers are not in Washington DC!

[@sergioayala9285]

Where do they come off? Caring so much about the children ? Why didn’t they care about Epstein island, they knew about it for years. The parents need to raise there own children not social media.

[@devonchafe2764]

This is good, now do the same thing to the gun industry. Why is he held responsible for the bad things done on the platforms he own, but gun companies aren't held responsible for the atrocities carried out with their products

[@user-fm6jw2md3h]

This is what theyre upset about. Yall thats on you to over see who and how theyre messaging. If youre letting them online and give them freedoms to text/call whoever, you are trusting their judgement. If Facebook didnt exists youd still be seeing the same problem, just through a different sorce.

[@switch1237]

Some of the CEO's should be held accountable. It's long overdue. 🌎💯💐🌟🦋

[@SuperDuperson-v9k]

Something about the demeanor of these congress members looks entirely performative.

[@Chels-fz5uq]

Yep, they want to be re-elected so they’re just now attempting to do their jobs

[@gnimag]

This is the equivalent of if I was drunk driving and got in a crash then sued Ford.

[@xash06]

Uhm what do they expect all the CEOs to do..

[@1981mrdavid]

I remember Zuck being in what looked like hot water during last election season. Here we are 4 years later. Somethings fishy with the timing.

[@AmericanAntiCorruptionAct]

IMAGINE HOW STRONG OUR COUNTRY WOULD BE IF CONGRESS SPENT THEIR DAYS WORKING FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ELECTED THEM INSTEAD OF THE PEOPLE WHO BUY THEM.

[@AnythingJW]

I don't see Josh Hawley apologize for his action leading to Jan 6.... and would Ted Cruz talk tough with Trump like this for destroying our democracy?!

[@therealtimellis7317]

Keep your kids off of phones and social media. Problem solved.🙏

[@boxofmoles4057]

"Behind every great fortune lies a great crime." - Honoré de Balzac

[@soxpuff]

This is why my mother (of 5 girls) had only 1 PC in the house for my sisters and I. In the middle of the living room for all to see. If we wanted a smartphone, we had to pay our own bill. And we didn't get an allowance, so we had to get a job.

[@mehmehver]

Maybe don't talk to strangers on the internet ... stranger danger. Teach your kids.

[@denverwhitehead3235]

The parent of the bullies should apologize

[@takua624]

I don't have good opinion on these tech dudes and the revolutionary brilliant life-changing ideas that they come up with, but I don't think they should be fully responsible for the child safety issue.

[@summeradams9712]

Kids don’t need social media

[@Kevin_geekgineering]

and where is the police in all this? shooting innocent people

[@Endoftime-ej7sr]

They should have had some police there to speak up about all the missing children related to social media

[@texantrainer81]

Social media and the internet are the problem here. Take that away and the world would be a better place.

[@amanakakei6028]

I find it funny that now NBC cares but when i emailed them in 2020 with the sickening things happening on twitter, silence.

[@Endoftime-ej7sr]

They didn’t email me back either. Nor did CBS or FOX.

[@mandy3790]

So shut it down . So this doesn’t happen again

[@Clericyyy]

Great example of “ parents letting the Internet raise there kids and getting mad when they turn out the way they don’t want to or something bad happening”

[@dcc-c6c]

shame on those parents, out of control then blame others. and this hearing is waste of people's tax.

[@garylawrence7547]

Why wouldn’t every one of these executives be 100% behind the safety of our children? No BS. Just do it.

[@RafaelHernández-w4q]

That's why he's building that house in Hawaii to get away from everyone 😅

[@user-fm6jw2md3h]

He said I know you dont know this, but you have blood on your hands.. theyve known and chose to keep doing harmful things. According to Facebook's own internal studies, they could see a % increase in suicide depending on how they ran the algorithms, and kept doing it and other negative things like that because it was more profitable to pump negative emotions. Negativity is more reactive and reactions get clicks and views.

[@kingphilwill]

Failed parents trying to blame..

[@TORKERTYLER]

Nice I'm sure justice will fail

[@SammyxSweetheart.02]

1:28

[@ajplays-gamesandmusic4568]

Discord isn't social media, it's a chat app. It doesn't have an algorithm, it doesn't deliver outrage bait, or any content really. The only thing that's on discord, is what the user's that chat on it send to eachother.

[@ForestNinjaZero]

"Our framework is robust and our agents are certified, whether or not terrorists move toward immoral social transactions. We apologize for the blood on our hands..." 🤖👺

[@boltzy2035]

What if I told you that the block button exists 🤯🤯

[@summeradams9712]

His not sorry

[@Good-Enough024]

The youngest you could be on social media is 13 years old, it should be 18 years old. Shame on him for not protecting children like he should have.

[@douglasjohnson3552]

I am a supervisor

[@PropiaPersona]

Theyre after the children

[@andrealee8561]

Maybe the police n parents should be monitoring this more n i absolutely think the tech CEOs are @ fault for letting predators get to teenagers

[@debbiethompson14]

FXXK YOUR APOLOGIES!!! Yite people AND their apologies crack me up. It is not OK if you say you're sorry I don't give A. I'm about to sorry the damage!!!!

[@HZ_Sai]

leeches