U.S. senators on Wednesday grilled leaders of the biggest social media companies and said Congress must quickly pass legislation‚ as one lawmaker accused the companies of having "blood on their hands" for failing to protect children from escalating threats of sexual predation on their platforms. The hearing marks the latest effort by lawmakers to address the concerns of parents and mental health experts that social media companies put profits over guardrails that would ensure their platforms...

The chief executives of the nation's top social media companies were grilled on Wednesday on Capitol Hill over child safety‚ with the tech leaders seeking to defend their companies from accusations that they've failed to protect kids from exploitation and abuse. "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‚" Sen. Lindsey Graham‚ R-S.C.‚ said as the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing kicked off. The comment prompted...

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