x supports the stop csam act. the kids online safety act should continue to progress, and we will support the continuation to engage with it and ensure the protections of the freedom of speech. there are two additional areas that require everyone's attention. first, as the daughter of a police officer, all meniscus -- must have resources to bring these offenders to justice. second, with artificial intelligence, offenders' tactics will continue to sophisticate and evolve, industry collaboration is imperative here. x believes that the freedom of speech and platform safety can and must coexist. we agree that now is the time to act with urgency. thank you. i look forward to answering your questions. >> thank you very much, ms. yaccarino. now we'll go into rounds of questions, seven minutes each for the members. >> as we're transitioning here, want to hop out for just a quick second and bring in kate anybody, these five top tech ceos have now delivered their opening statements as we're talking about child safety on the

>> we are not prepared to support it today. >> but you support the csam act? >> the stop csam act? >> or the shield act? >> we believe that the cyber tip line -- >> yes or no? >> we believe that the cyber tip line -- >> i will take that to be no. the childhood safety act. do you support it? >> we believe that -- >> i will take that as a no. >> the report act. do you support it? >> ranking member graham, we look very much forward to having conversations with you and your team. >> you support removing section 240 liability protections for social media companies? >> i believe that section 230 is in need of an update. it is a very old law. >> you support removing it so people can sue if they are harmed? >> there are many downsides -- >> thank you very much. so here you are. if you are waiting on these guys to solve the problem you are done waiting. mr. zuckerberg. i am trying to be respectful here. the representative from south carolina got caught up in a extortion ring in nigeria using instagram. and he was shaken down and killed himself using instagram. >> it is terrible. no one shou

so i strongly support, first of all, the top csam bill. i agree with senator graham that nothing will change unless we open up the courtroom doors. i think for all of this immunity is done because i think money talks even stronger than we talk up here. two of the five bills that are noted are my bills with senator cornyn. one was actually passed through the senate and is awaiting action in the house and the other is a shield act and i do appreciate the support of that bill. this is about revenge porn. the fbi director testified before this committee and there have been over 20 suicides of kids attributed to online revenge porn in just the last year. but for those parents out there and those families, this is for them and the child and this is about it not happening to other children. i know, parents luke brigitte nooring in hastings, minnesota. brigitte lost her teenage son after he took a fentanyl-laced pill that he purchased on the internet. amy neville is also here. platform, got the pill. amy neville is also here. her son alexander was

so, i strongly support, first of all, the stop csam bill. i agree with senator graham that nothing is going to change unless we open up the courtroom doors. i think the time for all of this immunity is done because i think money talks even stronger than we talk up here. two of the five bills that is noted are my bills with senator cornyn. one is actually passed through the senate, but is waiting action in the house. but the other one is the shield act and i do support -- appreciate that support of that bill. this is about revenge porn. the fbi director testified before this committee and has been over 20 suicides of kids attributed to online revenge porn in just the last year. but, for those parents out there, and those families, this is for them about their own child, but it is also about making sure this doesn't happen to other children. i know because i've talked to these parents. parents like brigitte nouri from hastings, minnesota, who is out there today, brigitte lost her teenage son after he took a fentanyl laced pill that he purchase

that's why i'll continue to work to bring stop csam act critical bills to protect our kids to the senateloor. back in the day when i was elected office i was a trial lawyer in small-town america, made a nice living, took cases to trial, a different stripe. i'm not saying i was part of the system of justice in this country, but it turns out i was. the fact that people face accountability for their wrongdoing up losing in court is an incentive, another incentive to do the right thing in your life. here we have a situation that's clearly, clearly out of control. what is happening is beyond the reach of the most conscientious parents in america. wonderful grandkids. i've got two that live in new york, 12 years old. i'm really proud of them. their about them, and dad as well, every single day as they spend way too much time by their estimation on screens. they try to encourage them to do the right thing and make sure that they never communicate with people they don't know or provide information or anything else that they shouldn't. but the parents can't be sure that always works. nobody can.

>> the stop csam act. we are not prepared to support. >> do you support the shield act? believe that the cyber tip line -- >> do you support it, yes or no? >> we believe that the cyber tip line -- i would take that to be no. the child act, do you support it? >> we believe that -- i'll take that to be a no. the report act, do you support it? >> ranking member graham, we very much look forward to having conversations with you and your team. i look forward to passing a bill that would solve the problem. do you support removing liability protections for social media companies? >> i believe it needs to be updated. it is a very old law. >> do you support repealing it so people can plead if they're harmed? >> i believe it has been written has enabled innovation on the internet that i think is largely -- >> thank you very much. >> if you are waiting on these guys to solve the problem we're going to die waiting. mr. zuckerberg -- trying to be respectful here. the representative from south carolina, mr. guffee's son got caught in a sex distortion ring in nigeria using instagram. h

the stop csam act, that stands for child sexual abuse material. the earn it act stands for eliminating abusive and rampant neglect, and the project safe childhood act, which would bolster prosecution of child exploitation crimes. i spoke also a few moments ago to senator richard blumenthal who is a sponsor of one of those bills, the kids online safety act. what's clear is there's a lack of trust here, that they cannot trust these tech ceos to police themselves, to create a safe environment for children that congress must act. he's very hopeful that his bill will pass. but again, chris, there's no guarantee of which if any of these bills is going to come to the floor. that's going to be a question for senator leadership, most notably senator chuck schumer, the majority leader and what can get through the house. >> so ryan, adam is right. we've heard this story before. it was very moving to see the family members who were in the audience holding up the pictures of their children who have died as a result of this. three of these ceos have never come

built , it's important now course you have the chairman ossoff are concerns what is happening with csamn light of this in looking at some of the survivors from the epstein there are disturbing allegations fbi failed to investigate the sex trafficking allegations and one survivor says the fbi even after she brought forward repeatedly content about his conduct that the fbi refused to investigate her claims. even though she said allegations were there both on sex trafficking and child sexual abuse material . i want to know why or what awareness you of the fbi's failure to investigate these claims . and i want to get you on the record such numerous survivors have said the fbi did not show up to help them . what specifically has the fbi done to investigate the claims that epstein's and others participated in , produced, possessed and distributed csam ? >> first let me say i recall very well you have a specific and long-standing interest in not just in child sexual exploitation but in human trafficking as a cou and we appreciate your focus on it and your support of the the mission . as to the

can you explain to us what you are doing particularly and whether you have seen any evidence of csamn your business? >> yes, senator. we have a strong commitment to invest in trust and safety, and as i said in my opening statement, i intend to invest more than $2 billion in trust sk and safety this year alone. we have 40,000 safety professionals working on this topic. we have built a specialized child safety team to help us identify specialized issues, horrific issues, like materials like the ones you have mentioned. if we identify any on our platform and we do do detection, we will remove it and report them to other authorities. >> why is it tiktok allowing children to be exploited into performing commercialized sex acts? >> senator, i respectfully disagree with that characterization. our live streaming product is not for anyone below the age of 18. we have taken action to identify anyone who violates that and we remove them from using that service. >> at this point, i'm going to turn to my ranking member, senator graham. >> thank you, mr. citrone, you said we need to start a discus

that's why i'll continue to work to bring stop csam act and other critical bills to protect our kidsnate floor. back in the day when i was elected office i was a trial lawyer in small-town america, made a nice living, took cases to trial,pe. i'm not saying i was part of the system of justice in this country, but it turns out i was. the fact that people faceaccoun wrongdoing and could end up losing in court is an incentive, another incentive to do the right thing in your life. here we have a situation that's clearly, clearly out of control. what is happening is beyond the reach of the most conscientious parents in america. i'm lucky to have some wonderful grandkids. i've got two that live in new york, 12 years old. i'm really proud of them. their mom worries about them, and dad as well, every single day as they spend way too much time by their estimation o screens. they try to encourage them to do the right thing and make sure that they never communicate with people they don't know or provide information or anything else that they shouldn't. but the parents can't be sure that always w