Tech CEOs Testify Before Senate on Child Safety Measures
Zuckerberg Rejected Expansion of Meta's Child Safety Team in 2021, Documents Reveal
- Five major tech CEOs, including Mark Zuckerberg of Meta and Linda Yaccarino of X, testified before the US Senate Judiciary Committee regarding efforts to counter online child sexual exploitation.
- Internal documents released by Congress revealed that in 2021, Zuckerberg rejected requests from top Meta executives to expand the company’s child safety and well-being workforce.
- X CEO Linda Yaccarino outlined the platform's measures against child sexual exploitation, emphasizing the company's zero-tolerance policy and the steps taken to eliminate such content.
- TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew and Snap CEO Evan Spiegel also testified, with Spiegel highlighting Snap's proactive measures to identify harmful content and its decision not to implement encryption in a way that would prevent scanning uploads for known child sexual abuse imagery.
- Discord CEO Jason Citron emphasized the platform's zero-tolerance policy for child sexual abuse material and its commitment to making Discord inhospitable for those seeking to exploit minors.
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