U.S. Senators Grilled Social Media CEOs. Will Anything Change?

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🗓️ 13 February 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Was it political progress, or political theater? The recent Senate hearing with social media CEOs led to astonishing moments — including Mark Zuckerberg’s public apology to families who lost children following social media abuse. Our panel untangles the explosive hearing, and what might come next.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, this is Tristan and this is Aza.
0:07.0	Okay, for this episode of your undivided attention, we're going to be discussing the January 31st Senate hearing on social media companies and their exploitation of children online
0:16.9	This was a very important public event with testimonies from the CEOs of Meta snap Snap, Tic-Tock,
0:23.2	and honestly, this is a thing that's been coming for a long time.
0:26.3	And so to host this discussion,
0:29.5	we're going to be handing off the mic
0:30.8	to the brilliant Julie Salpho. In addition to her work as a journalist and a
0:35.4	former New York Times staff writer, Julie is the founder and executive director of
0:39.7	Get Media Savvy, which helps to create a healthy media environment for kids.
0:44.7	And she has two very special guests for this episode who she'll tell you about next.
0:48.1	Welcome, Julie.
0:49.3	Thanks, Tristan.
0:50.8	In this episode, we're going to unpack the recent US Senate hearing on social media companies and their exploitation of children online.
0:58.0	The hearing was a significant step towards making tech platforms accountable for the array of harm their products have been causing.
1:05.0	I went to DC for the event and found myself sitting directly behind Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram.
1:14.0	The experience was, frankly, surreal.
1:17.0	So today, I'll be discussing the hearings
1:20.0	and where we go next, with two guests who have been directly involved in trying to make policy reforms happen.
1:27.0	First, Camille Carleton, the policy director at the Center for Humane Technology,
1:32.0	where she steers the organization's national and state policy strategy.
1:37.0	And Francis Haugen.
1:38.0	Francis was the memorable Facebook whistleblower who came forward in 2021 with tens of thousands of
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