Good evening. I'm Amman Navas. Jeff Bennett is away. On the news hour tonight.

Big tech executives are grilled by federal lawmakers, accusing them of failing to protect children online.

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Senators grilled CEOs of top social media companies today in a hearing about

child safety online that was emotional, heated, and contentious. Lawmakers tried

to get companies to back propose legislation, but much of the hearing was focused

on questions of accountability, including over the deaths of children.

Lisa Desjardin begins our coverage with this report. Before one word of testimony, a silent statement.

Family members greeted tech CEOs by holding up photos of loved ones.

Children, they say, were harmed by social media.

Senators quickly voiced the sharp sentiment in the packed room.

Mr Zuckerberg, you and the companies before us, I know you don't mean it to be so but you have blood on your

hands you have a product you have a product you have a product that's killing

people the CEOs of Meta, X, Tik-Toc, Snapchat, and discord arrived

after some were issued subpoenas to defend their platforms against charges

they don't do enough to protect kids.

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