Thursday, February 1, 2024
The 7
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🗓️ 1 February 2024
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Thursday briefing: Mark Zuckerberg’s apology; child tax credit; Disney vs. DeSantis; Fani Willis; TikTok music; and more
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| 0:00.0 | The Senate held a contentious hearing on the safety of kids online. |
| 0:07.0 | The House voted to expand the child tax credit. |
| 0:10.0 | And we have everything you need to know about a brand new dinosaur. |
| 0:13.8 | That's some of what we'll get to on the seven from the Washington Post. |
| 0:16.8 | I'm Hannah Jewel. |
| 0:17.8 | It's Thursday, February 1st. |
| 0:19.5 | Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories. |
| 0:30.0 | Number one, Mark Zuckerberg apologized to the victims of online child abuse. Yesterday, the CEOs of Meta, Tik-Tok, Snap, Discord, and X were grilled by lawmakers at an emotional |
| 0:36.1 | Senate hearing into kids safety online. |
| 0:38.9 | In a heated exchange, Meta-Ceburg was pressured by Republican Senator Josh Holly to admit his company's wrongdoing. |
| 0:46.4 | Zuckerberg then rose from his chair and turned to face the families in attendance at the hearing. |
| 0:51.2 | Some had brought photos of their children who they |
| 0:53.2 | say died because of causes related to social media. He told them I'm sorry for |
| 0:57.5 | everything you have all been through. Holly then continued to press |
| 1:00.9 | Zuckerberg to compensate those families. |
| 1:03.0 | Your product is killing people. |
| 1:05.0 | Will you personally commit to compensating the victims? |
| 1:07.0 | You're a billionaire. |
| 1:08.0 | Will you commit to compensating the victims? |
| 1:10.0 | Will you set up a compensation fund? |
| 1:11.0 | With your money? |
| 1:12.0 | With your money. With your money. These are these are with your money. |
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