Tech CEO child safety hearing highlights: "You have blood on your hands." 

you can't control what parents do, so the next best step in protecting children online is implementing some sort of serious age verification. not the "are you 18+?" checkboxes that anyone with a functioning brain can get past

@@hiddendrifts Or, hear me out, the FBI should be doing their job and intervening when adults are posting this type of content online instead of blaming Zuckerberg.

@@themartdog >instead of blaming zuckerberg< why? zuckerburg is the one in charge of the platform. he has full control over what he does and doesn't allow on his platform. if he wanted to, he is fully capable of implementing some sort of system that prevents cp from being uploaded at all. ofc, maybe attempts should be flagged and reported to the fbi, but zuckerburg is not free from fault here

@@hiddendrifts Facebook has already developed those tools so this problem they're talking about is in spite of that. I admin five different Facebook groups and see everything people try posting to them from spam marketing to porn. So far, in the five years I've done this, Facebook has automatically blocked everything but the amount of it is surprising. I bet most people have no idea the sheer volume of filth being distributed through the internet. Do not let your children use social media unsupervised.

​@@hiddendriftsthey're already systems in place unforeseen it's not perfect. It has lots of cracks.

That's not a fair comparison. Compare it to an unsupervisable swimming pool.

Adult content must be banned ,every website should be smooth and clean.why they give access to adult content.he is responsible in promoting adult content.why meta can't filter adult content before it reaches the audience.he is doing business without saying he is not responsible

Of course, if the playground IS NOT BUILT PROPERLY. IF It's NOT SAFE, OF COURSE! THERE ARE POLICIES AND REGULATIONS TO FOLLOW WHEN BUILDING A DOG HOUSE, AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HAVING ACCESS TO THESE PLATFORMS. IF YOU'RE STUPID ENOUGH NOT TO GET THIS, THEN YOU HAVE PROBLEMS.

yes, if the playground has a sign that welcomes pedophiles and makes it easy for pedophiles to enter. especially if the plyground doesn't have security

​@@wietzejohanneskrikke1910actually that's a fair comparison, you will supervise your child in a park, supervise your CHILD ON A PHONE,

The PERFECT irony

Right, like I want justice because this is actually a problem but these people are just as guilty. I can’t even take them seriously.

Right??? Lindsay Graham is bitching about the lack of laws that exist to reel big tech in. Guess what? YOU are the law makers! 😒

They are a useless bunch of nuts

They get to act tough and self righteous once in a while and this was it

Scenario 1 Parents tell Child Politely to stop using Social Media apps Result : Child Ignores Scenario 2 Parents scold their child and refrain them from using Social Media Apps Result : Children go rebel and can harm himself/herself. In both ways, mere Parenting will not solve the issue. It's the Child Addiction towards these Social Media platforms which has to be stopped and these Social Media Platforms can play a pivotal role in it But they will not do it cause they also want numbers and money.

Lies again? Cold Storage Blood DNA

​@@User1234-up4gt Why would any sane child harm themselves bc they can't twerk on TikTok?

@@User1234-up4gt scenerio 2 is better. You're biased

​​​​​@@User1234-up4gt How about a Scenario 3, for all parents reading: Teach your kids to understand that there are dangers in social media to stay away from (ex: trolls, phishers, predators, stalkers, unhinged people, scammers, etc.) when using it so that they can be more likely to navigate safely online, or even refrain from using it. I was the first generation to learn about the dangers of social media while growing up, without no predecessor to share that wisdom. I've seen a lot of things shared on social media that messed up my mind when I was 11-14 years old because filters during those times were not strong. So these days, I educate my nieces, nephews and younger cousins about the various dangers that exist. Because like you essentially stated in both scenarios, the kid is gonna rebel. There are various reasons for rebelling, but I understand since I was in their shoes... an example reason: peer pressure at a young age is what got me to absolutely use social media (edited this sentence for clarity). I wanted to share some experiences to let whoever is reading understand where I'm coming from, behind my intentions to help. But anyway, if it comes down to it and they absolutely rebel, use Scenario 3 as a safety net to, at the very least, brace them for what crazy things they'll see online. And as a bonus, MAYBE brush their ego up by telling them that they're wise and responsible people, and that you have faith in them to do the right thing.

Yep lol

EXACTLY.... this whole process is utterly pointless. Nothing will happen, other than some idiot American voters cheering on their own favourite, idiot, politician. How many times has the US government recently been on the verge of shutdown again? Maybe get your House in order first.

God bless America

Yea you would know about being a criminal since you probably voted for Biden.

That 'merica for you.

Wow, that's like saying that to eliminate women getting sexually harassed at work, they should ban women in the workplace....

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Why stop at gun manufacturers? How about they use that same logic for car, alcohol, knife, mower, tractor, tractor trailer, food, house, tool, and clothes manufacturers. 🤦‍♂️

@@landkruiser1095we do dumbass. Those all have checks and balances.

Brown hands typed this, uneducated brown hands.

That's right. Show the picture show the picture. Apologies now on national TV. Show the picture show the damn picture!!! 🤣🤣🤣🙂🙂

You should apoligize for voting for Biden.

Short answer? No.

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RIGHT? I’m glad i wasn’t the only one thinking this

my guy holding a good laugh in court

"Senator that's based"

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Thank you

We are talking about children here ! War mongers are war mongers

WTF. I cant be All the CEO fault

This is the most funny yet accurate description of the video. The phrase “s**t rises to the top is as solid of a law as gravity”

Unfortunately they really can't just go into their houses and force them to be good parents, or even have outreach problems because they don't have virtues that they can claim are objective.

yeah social media is like leaving yo kids in a room with a bunch of strangers.

American values. It’s everyone else’s fault.

@@Thaddeus-ml8if "everyone" implies individual people, not legal monstrosities.

I think it would be extremely difficult to ban children now from social media sites. There are quite a few work-arounds to scoot pass any new laws. Concern parent monitoring is probably the only soluition, with surprise inspections of the kid's devices.

They want a bigger cut if they can’t have it all. They don’t care about anyone.

@@doublegmandy Exactly

If these companies so bad why they got accounts on them lmao

​@@funkspinnaLmao are you serious? You think politicians know how bad say an illegal brothel only because they personally went and used it?

Exactly and you know who you don't see up there?

Kids LIVE on Social media. Hell yes social media are mostly to blame.

No. They actually want to have all your data of everyones social media. That is their true goal.

No chilren on the internet PERIOD.

Agree but slipping through the cracks and this being available is another side to the coin. Lack parenting is a problem, but the structure of the internet does need to again do something to make it harder for children to access or be accessed.

So you are literally saying that no how much dangerous a piece of technology is, especially owing to its opacity and complexity, it is always a good rule of thumb to blame it on the parent, most of which can’t even comprehend the rat-rewarding games utilised in such technologies. Well, it sounds like a divine exemption that’s eerily similar to Divine right of kings doctrine. The thing is what you said is objectively valid, but only to the extent of such technologies being systemically or societally avoidable, which they mostly are not. What you said is only a half truth. The occam razor cut through this is that both parental and technological aspects of this are to be blamed (yes, with more emphasis on technological aspect)

DO NOT SHAME THE VICTIMS. YOUR SICK INVENTION IS NOT THE PARENT'S FAULT .

@@sfurlong0712 there are all sorts of child locks and ways to monitor what your kids are doing. Way too many parents slap their kids in front of an ipad 24-7 when they're little, and it progresses from there.

That's Right 💯

There getting it through schools and medical field

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What should they do? watch and learn from these politicians instead?

@@updogg1128 They should learn to touch grass.

​@@updogg1128 what did people do before the internet? Go outside and play with friends or play inside

@@Boop345 what did people eat before civilization?

@@Tabletpillowlamp go ahead, why not, grass is still there

@@nataliabarbosafboth the senators and the CEOs suck, but the senators suck a whole lot more. The CEOs just want money at the end of the day, but the senators want control and power and money and the ability to commit crimes behind closed doors that only they have control over.

No children on the internet PERIOD.

Yeah, makes it the parents fault.

​@@first-last-null thats exactly what I was thinking. They are just mad at the tool. We already have laws against that. Next thing their argueing for social media free zones. Dems are like "what about the good guy with a facebook account"

​@first-last-null I agree with your logic to a fault. There's a huge difference between a sold product and a service that is available, controlled, and hosted by a company. It's on their servers, with their policies, and if they fail to uphold their policies, whose at fault? Do firearm manufacturers sell to kids? Because online social media is marketed and advertised towards kids. So it's a bit more complex than just comparing it to personal firearm safety

@@first-last-nullthat’s a broken analogy you/they used. Social media fuses with your being, condition you like a rat in Skinner box, and ultimately instrumentalizes human behaviour to its own ends (especially if the source code is opaque). That’s fundamentally different from playing with a loaded gun. Instead, it is this technology that plays with the human rewards system, disrupts it and hollow it out to the point of depression, stress, shame and so forth

It’s so funny when they say that cuz they’re basically saying “stop handing me money, you know I can’t refuse that huge chunk of money!”

This is true. However, it’s a half truth, one that stinks ideologically. Both parents and technologies are to be blamed. You need to be extremely objective to see that (which I know you can; it’s a simple middle-ground Occam’s razor cut). Both lack of responsibility and overrationalization thereof (ie; mistakenly attributing all sorts of event, especially of the nature imposed by differential technological adaptation (human-tech gap), to mere personal responsibility eg; extreme case of this is blaming inevitable events on personal responsibility). If parents prevent children from using such technologies, they would be better off. But the other logical disjunction that’s buried beneath the mire here is that if such technologies were genuinely safe to the human nature to a full-fledged extent, children using it wouldn’t have been a problem in the first place, but because the Californian ideology of advertising and free use of internet products has failed by winding up to a Skinnerian rat experiments on human beings driven by profit, control and manipulation (third party doctrine since 1970s in fact), here we are contemplating the disasters…Anyway, I am not trying to politicise a seemingly technical-cultural discussion, but false dichotomies and either/ors usually conceal political team-sorting in their kernel (Schmittian reading of techne is disastrous). One thing I find ironically interesting is your valid diagnosis of the problem as owing to incompetence. This is indeed true, but to what extent do you think that every portion of the population, especially of the type lacking technical expertise which compose most people, can afford accurately predicting the consequences of social media use? Heck, even IT experts couldn’t predict the state of social media today in retrospect, it is simply beyond human capability of precision. The history of technologizing has been primarily driven by adaptation necessity than by rational deliberate intention of reasoning stuff out (speaking of the phenomenological, not the technical). It seems to me that, whether intentionally or otherwise, you grant these tech folks a divine exemption to tinker their products more or less devastatingly as long as it makes money and accumulated profit at the cost of human slowly adapting nature, and it is up to the parents to deal with the results of their children failing to adapt to dangerous technologies that could’ve been much safer had we regulated them more. This is not a Luddite rant. In fact, if you love technology and appreciate human agency, you will see my point. Most of there technologies don’t have to be artificially more dangerous than they intrinsically are just because it’s profitable, and blaming parents is in no way addressing that artificial danger that’s incentivised by systemic profit generation mechanisms (just in case I have to say it again, yes parents are to blame also. But because this should be fairly obvious, I took most of my talk to be about the other lurking logical disjunction)

Thank you! If I'm a multinational corporation now put out a product it's up to the consumer to understand what is going to happen when they put it in their homes.

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The TikTok trial from a little while back (last year?) was definitely that. But this one... I don't know. I do feel like there is absolutely a problem with how easy it seems to be to access stuff on these platforms that could be harmful for people, specifically children. It's still a wild west out there, and more regulations and accountability would not be a bad thing at all. I understand there is the hypocrisy of these high-ranking officials attacking tech companies for immoral and unethical practices. But regardless of that, I think it's good to put something in place. Things are not where they should be. I don't know if this is true, and I hope it's not, but I read that X got rid of PhotoDNA and other protections against CSAM when it rebranded from Twitter. If that's true, that is horrific and people need to be held accountable for that decision. I guarantee there are many platforms that do not use PhotoDNA or the like, and I think that should be the bare minimum. The Tik Tok Trial was bad from both sides, but especially the senate. I think their bullying was unwarranted there. But in this case, I think their intense questioning is absolutely justified.

Actually lol the government and businesses shouldnt moderate your kids. Parents should actually do their jobs and be involved and aware of what their kid is doing. They should teach them values and ethics lol

These Sukerbunch make me sick.

@@BuffPomskythat’s right. Parents should use parental control over children’s phones and computers.

OP and the commenters above me have the correct opinion. Mark and Facebook in my opinion are not liable for victims of abuse. If that’s the case, sue Verizon for allowing a “pedo” to dial an underage child. End of the day, the child should know from a responsible parent when you pick up the phone or ignore and strange number and let it go to voicemail.

@@AmyHoward-lq5tgthe problem is they make those parental controls to work around filtering. If an app developer decides that their violent game/explicit content is marked as “not rated”, that gets through the filter. It happens a lot more than you think.

Well when liberals destroy the nuclear family this is what happens

Yes! Parents need to wake up!!!!

How far are parents willing to moderate their child's online safety. Many kid's online fall victim to online predator, mainly on discord where children are groomed or sexually enticed to partake in a sick minded adults degeneracy. Seriously think about it. There's many kid's who fall victim to online predators, but the parents failed to stop that. famous incidents from people you might know Mini ladd and dream.

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Yup

I agree. They like having Zuckerberg up there because he seems to be fine with being a punching bag. I'd have very different things to say to these government goons.

Amen brother 🙌

Criminals doesn't follow gun laws. Your premise is illogical.

@@Samson4G Traffickers on social media don't abide by laws either.

@@totallynotrxthikexactly. It’s the parent’s fault.

They are. They are simply choosing to ignore them. This is all on the parents.

Parent should take parenting training before having children.

No they dont. It is so profitable for them.

Nope- I am with ya! Blaming technology for lazy parents shouldn’t be a congress or social media problem.

Both parents and CEOs are responsible. Parents have the responsibly to supervise children while on net aswell as these companies being extremely strict on these child topics aswell.

@@rajeewakodithuwakku4885 nope, not a corporations job to be a parent

Not at all--if anything, this is a very based take that I wholeheartedly agree on. It's so god damn irresponsible for some parents to leave their kids roaming in the 'digital wild west' and think nothing of it. If you want to actually be a good parent, in my opinion, take some fxcking accountability and teach your kids about the dangers of the internet and guide them, and impose restrictions if need be. In this day and age, I cannot think of a good, legitimate excuse not to do so. Be active in your kid's life.

@@morsinvicta3904 yes! I chose to not have children because I knew that I wasn’t cut out for it. My animals have been all the responsibility that I wanted as far as coaching a being to maneuver the world..if I can have my dog able to do off leash hiking, I think parents can do some education & mgmt of their children’s internet usage

Yes pleaasee omg. That would probably instantly transform the internet from the present day apocalyptic wasteland to the land of milk and honey.

How about no boomers like you?

Lets actually ban social medias

Their education system actually makes kids go on the internet. They make kids go online to do homework and projects!

Sure so your children can watch and learn from these senators. Great

It is dangerous? What point are you trying to make?

My point is that a pale old white dude is calling the internet a dangerous place when it’s obvious that he hasn’t seen sun light in years. In my opinion , he’s not qualified to call the internet a dangerous place when he lacks the experience to define this relative term.

Every we come up with a new innovation there's always gonna be somebody dog to exploit it that's just the way life goes deal with it and move on you weak little schmuck!

​@@bulletproofchunkdionHe is making the point that going outside is equally, if not more dangerous than the internet for underage children without adult supervision. So if parents let their kids outside without supervision and say the kid got hurt in a playground, should we sue the playground owner/builder? 😂

I upvoted you, but how do you know?

Found the pedo

yaccarino was just hired less than a year ago, so it's all new to her. 😂 all the while, musk gutted out much of the former employees who have been there much longer.

Are you responsible for the mess the old owner made of the house you bought from them. Thus x is new

@@NarinderxBaliyes, as soon as you step into that new house anything you fail to do to fix existing issues is now your problem

fixing takes time, they have added community notes, new trust and safety center , adding more features to site , grok ai etc . most of their updates are in beta due to new company being less than 1 year old@@lampisfun1139

You are confusing arrogance and naked greed for intelligence.

I was going to say, intelligence?

No kids on the internet PERIOD!!!

My younger self would disagree, but I'm not young anymore,so I'm all in on this idea

Amen to that as a younger millennial. Kids need to socialize with other kids in person, not on a content farm.

How would that be implemented? Pedos can pretend to be kids, and kids could find a way to pass as adults.

@@ShellyBellyBeans The industry should work with the department of justice to build a centralized database to store identity based on biometrics. It would also cut down on stolen identity and fraud. No identity, no entry.

since never cuz all they want us power

I disagreed with all of these law makers until I saw what he showed. How stupid could they be, to allow that kind of stuff on social media…… Shaking my head…

I’m sorry how does that make Sen Cruz’s grandstanding any different?

Ask Cruz why his daughter tried to commit suicide why don’t you parents be more aware of what your children are doing on social media better yet why don’t these politicians stop spreading hate and misinformation on these same platforms that would probably help

These same people who have worn AR-15 lapel pins...

@@stevemcgowen Don't see how that's relevant.

Hahaha if you think good parenting will outweigh the tidal wave that is tech, then you are mistaken

The problem isn’t the parents; it’s the other kids around them. You know as much as I do that as a kid, if you want to get around your parents rules, you’ll find a way.

​@@thisguy2973sounds like they're not parenting well enough

You’re on point

No kidding that’s the pot calling the kettle black

Government is necessary. It's not a petty diversion.

@@alphanerd7221 neither of those are true

@@Wubwub772 Congrats on your crippling ignorance.

@@alphanerd7221 good comeback 👏🏼

Look the victims families in the eye and try to tell em that you weak scumbag

​@@cm6string"Victims" of what? Oh yes, of poor parenting. That's who is responsible here. And yes, I would say that to the supposed "victims" face.

@@user-ff8rs7gk6r victims of social media and its disastrous consequences of degeneracy and illegal use that is not regulated and dealt with by the owner, mark. You would not say this and look in their eye. You couldn’t. How’s the boot taste?

They really trying to frame it as a gotcha moment. The guy has two daughters of his own. Of course he cares

Or Boebrrrrrt. She'd have stood up and objected "but that's how I met my husband!"

They’re not trying to undo the damage done. They’re trying to prevent it from happening to more kids. I do however think it’s a childish idea. The whole point of being a parent is to love, care, nurture your children so that they have everything they need from now until they become an adult and can provide and protect themselves. As a parent you lay ground rules of what your child can and can’t do because it’s your job to protect them from the very dangerous outside world they aren’t ready to enter. It’s your kid as a parent to teach and raise your child to be a respectful, caring, loving, and responsible human being. That way when they grow up and reproduce they do the same thing but it also creates a base as a society. In a perfect world if everyone did that violence and such other things wouldn’t exist. But this isn’t a perfect world, it’s a very dark, and exploitive place. Most parents buy their child a phone which means it’s their job to regulate how the child uses it and for how long they use it, what content they view, and to protect them from the dangers of the internet. Many parents think because they’re in the house they’re fine, when in reality social media is nothing short of manipulative and overall disgusting. It’s easy accessibility and easy to use platform open a gateway of people to use it for malicious intent. Which means your child is now in more danger in your house on their phone(when viewing what they shouldn’t) and at risk of contact from someone else just as much as they would be if they were alone in the real world. To blatantly accuse Zuckerberg as being the whole problem is preposterous and completely unethical, and for a senator and the board to stand up there and say there’s blood on your hands when they have just as much if not more blood on their hands with problems they create and completely disregard because they have the money, power, and glory to do so is disgusting. If anything the justice system has failed America, and many Americans. It’s unfortunate that those people have the power to do such things, and furthermore the power to cover it up. The reality is they don’t give a damn about the kids of America in today’s day and age. They want the publicity stunt and attention, the support they get from doing this for personal gain. This whole facade is nothing short of a phony tactic, a ruse, and these senators are charlatans.

I don't really understand this sentiment. All of it is dangerous.... Grooming, soliciting CSAM, distributing CSAM, kidnapping, sextortion, death threats, bullying... Like, all of these things are very real and horrible, and they are all things happening with these companies' platforms on the daily. That's the problem.

It’s easier to say - Kids should not watch TV or eat chocolates. Say a kid has a birthday party in 2024 , how do you think the Bday photos are shared ?

@@aceravi10 If you don’t want your kids to watch tv, then you don’t let them watch tv. You throw a bday party for your kid and you as an adult share it with your friends and family using whatever social media you choose. It’s not rocket science.