Meta, X, TikTok, Snap, Discord CEOs Will Testify Jan. 31 About Child Safety
The CEOs of Meta, X, TikTok, Snap and Discord will discuss their “failure to protect children online” during a Jan. 31 hearing, the Senate Judiciary Committee announced Wednesday (see 2311200054). Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew…
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voluntarily agreed to testify, the committee said. X CEO Linda Yaccarino, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel and Discord CEO Jason Citron agreed to testify after the committee issued subpoenas to their companies. Several companies “griped about not getting an invitation” to a previous hearing on the topic, Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said in a joint statement with ranking member Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. “We promised them that their time would come.” However, when the committee initially contacted companies about the hearing, there was an “outright” refusal from some of them to make their CEOs available, the lawmakers said: “They finally are being forced to acknowledge their failures when it comes to protecting kids. Now that all five companies are cooperating, we look forward to hearing from their CEOs. Parents and kids demand action.”