Thursday, February 1st, 2024

Morning Announcements

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🗓️ 1 February 2024

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Today’s Headlines: Five tech CEOs, including leaders of TikTok, Meta, Snap, X, and Discord, testified before the Senate Judiciary committee about child exploitation on their platforms. Lawmakers discussed the Kids Online Safety Act, aiming to make it easier for parents to sue tech companies for insufficient efforts in curbing online bullying, privacy violations, and sexual exploitation of minors. During the four-hour hearing, parents of children harmed by social media shared their experiences, including a tragic incident involving a fentanyl-laced pill ordered on Snapchat. Mark Zuckerberg faced pointed questions, ultimately apologizing to the affected families. TikTok CEO Shou Chew was grilled on the platform's ties to the Chinese Communist Party. In the House Homeland Security Committee, two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas were advanced, citing his handling of the migrant crisis. The Federal Reserve announced no change to the federal funds rate, and the US Defense Department identified Kataib Hezbollah as the Iran-backed militia responsible for the drone strike in Jordan that killed three US soldiers. Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: BBC: Tech CEOs testify about online child sexual exploitation at US Senate hearing - live updates CBS News: House committee advances Mayorkas impeachment articles, teeing up historic floor vote NBC News: Federal Reserve holds interest rates steady as consumer confidence improves, inflation slows BBC: Kataib Hezbollah: Iran-backed group suspends attacks against US after drone strike Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Amanda Duberman and Bridget Schwartz Edited by Grace Hernandez-Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Thursday, February 1st, and you're listening to the morning announcements presented by
0:06.7	Betches Media. I'm your host Sammy Sage and the morning announcements is your daily five minute
0:11.7	breakdown of the headlines that isn't
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0:45.8	Yesterday, five tech CEOs,
0:50.8	the heads of Tik-Toc, Meta, Snap, and Discord, testified before the Senate Judiciary
0:56.1	Committee on the issue of child exploitation on their platforms and what they have or haven't
1:01.5	done to combat it.
1:02.9	For some context, right now Congress is working on a bill called the Kids Online Safety Act,
1:08.1	which would make it easier for parents to sue tech companies that do not make significant efforts to curb online
1:13.2	bullying, privacy violations, and sexual exploitation of minors. Over the
1:18.3	course of the four-hour hearing, lawmakers invited the parents of children whose
1:22.0	deaths or harm were tied to social media,
1:24.6	including one parent whose son died from a fentanyl laced pill that they ordered on Snapchat.
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