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>> yaccarino. >> do you support the erned act? strongly support the collaboration to raise industry -- >> no, do you support the erned. in english, do you support the erned act, yes or no. >> we look forward to supporting and continuing our conversations. as you can see -- >> the reason the rned act is important you can lose your protections when children are exploited and you didn't use best business practices. see the erned act means you have to earn production and you're give 10 no matter what you do so to the members of this committee it is now time to make sure that the people who are holding up the signs can sue on behalf of their loved ones. nothing will change until the courtroom door is open to victims of social media. $2 billion, mr. chew. what percentage is that of what you made last year? >> senator, it is a significant and increasing investment -- >> you pay taxes. 2% is what percent of your revenue? >> senator, we are not ready to share our financials in public. >> 2 billion sounds like a lot unless you make 100 bill
>> yaccarino. >> do you support the erned act? strongly support the collaboration to raise industry -- >> no, do you support the erned. in english, do you support the erned act, yes or no. >> we look forward to supporting and continuing our conversations. as you can see -- >> the reason the rned act is important you can lose your protections when children are exploited and you didn't use best business practices. see the erned act means you have to earn production...
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live coverage of the senate when >> witnesses include meta's mark zuckerberg and linda yaccarino of x. we join this in progress. >> -- some payment if on artificial intelligence and because of the negative impact on our kids' mental health. wilt progresses. mr. zuckerberg, i want to come to you. we have just had senator blumenthal and i, of course, have had some internal documents andd e-mails that have come our way. one of the things that really concerned me is that you referred to your young users in terms of their lifetime value. being roughly $270 per teenager. and each of you should be looking at these kids, their t-shirts they're wearing today say i'm worth more than $270. we've got some standing up -- [applause] in those t-shirts. now, and some of the children from our state, some of the children, the parents that we have worked with just to think whether it is becca schmidt, david molluck, emily shote, would you say that life is o8úny worth $270? if -- what could possibly lead you, i mean, i listen to that, i know you're a dad. i'm a mom. i'm a grandmom. how could you possibly
live coverage of the senate when >> witnesses include meta's mark zuckerberg and linda yaccarino of x. we join this in progress. >> -- some payment if on artificial intelligence and because of the negative impact on our kids' mental health. wilt progresses. mr. zuckerberg, i want to come to you. we have just had senator blumenthal and i, of course, have had some internal documents andd e-mails that have come our way. one of the things that really concerned me is that you referred to...
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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 their platforms. i'll start with you anish. >> the notion of industry collaboration for self-governance, section 230 called for the private sector to work together to solve some of these issues. their failure to act is what you saw in senator graham's frustrated opening remarks. if they're serious about working together, they can make a lot of progress, while these bills make their way through congress. a new bill is not needed for them to do more to collaborate to solve these problems. >> your thoughts, kate? >> i was struck by what some of the ceos didn't say as much as what they said. the discord ceo was the only person who brought up encryption and that was because discord does not encrypt. several of th
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 their platforms. i'll start with you anish. >> the notion of industry collaboration for self-governance, section 230 called for the private sector to work together to solve some of these issues....
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yaccarino. now we will go into rounds of questions. seven minutes each for the members, as well. i would like to make note of your testimony, mz. yaccarino. you were the first social media company to publicly endorse the ccm act. >> it is our honor, chairman. >> inc. you for doing that. i will still be asking some probing questions but let me get down to the bottom line here. i am going to focus on my or knowingly post child's sex materials . secondly, intentionally or knowingly promote or aid or abet violation of child explication loss. is there anyone here who believes you should not be held civilly liable for that kind of conduct? mr. citron? >> good morning, chair. you know, we very much believe that this content is disgusting. and that there are many things about the stop csam act bill that are very encouraging, and we very much encourage adding more resources to the tip line and modernizing that with getting resources to neckmec, and i am very open to having conversation with you and your
yaccarino. now we will go into rounds of questions. seven minutes each for the members, as well. i would like to make note of your testimony, mz. yaccarino. you were the first social media company to publicly endorse the ccm act. >> it is our honor, chairman. >> inc. you for doing that. i will still be asking some probing questions but let me get down to the bottom line here. i am going to focus on my or knowingly post child's sex materials . secondly, intentionally or knowingly...
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x chief executive linda yaccarino is scheduled to testify along with the top bosses of meta, snap, tiktoking with the technology sector — more than 20,000 tech workers around the world have lost theirjob in the first month of this year. that is according to tracking website layoffs.fyi. google, microsoft, amazon and ebay are just some of the companies that have announced spending cuts. tom kang is a research director at technology market research firm counterpoint. earlier, he told me why leading companies in the tech industry are letting people go. it comes at a time where they are newly investing in al, so on the surface it looks like they are shifting from other technologies to ai, but underlying is the fact that the interest rate is very high, which is the cost of investment. so, they have to prioritise the investments now, and the other factor is that the global economy, contrary to the us economy, is not doing that well. so, big tech has to brace themselves for the market not receiving their products that well. so, this is an underlying factor of the global economy going down and in
x chief executive linda yaccarino is scheduled to testify along with the top bosses of meta, snap, tiktoking with the technology sector — more than 20,000 tech workers around the world have lost theirjob in the first month of this year. that is according to tracking website layoffs.fyi. google, microsoft, amazon and ebay are just some of the companies that have announced spending cuts. tom kang is a research director at technology market research firm counterpoint. earlier, he told me why...
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the ceo of x, linda yaccarino, made her first ever testimony to congress. >> x is not a platform of choice for children and teens. we do not have adicated to chil. less than 1% of the u.s. users on x are between the ages of 13 and 17. >> now, the senate actually has a serious bill it's already written addressing many of these problems, but they're sitting on them. majority schumer and his office says they're more worried about getting the government funded an keeping it open. then they might get to some of these things. >> what they're describing there, the harmful things to children, already illegal. >> right. absolutely. you can't sexually exploit somebody. it's illegal. this is more about liability, opening up tiktok and facebook and others to lawsuits for people who were victimized. though the protections that those companies have currently is what made the internet grow. if you use the analogy gmail and microsoft outlook aren't responsible for some emails. >> right. >> they're protected. facebook and snapchat are protected from what people say on their services because they can't poss
the ceo of x, linda yaccarino, made her first ever testimony to congress. >> x is not a platform of choice for children and teens. we do not have adicated to chil. less than 1% of the u.s. users on x are between the ages of 13 and 17. >> now, the senate actually has a serious bill it's already written addressing many of these problems, but they're sitting on them. majority schumer and his office says they're more worried about getting the government funded an keeping it open. then...
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tech bosses including meta's mark zuckerberg and linda yaccarino of x have been accused of "having blood on their hands" by a powerul us senate committee in washington. the hearing was called as concerns rise about children's mental health and safety online. politicians say big tech companies are not doing enough to protect children from sexual exploitation. they have been debating tougher laws, and demanded executives explain what has been done so far. in his opening remarks, senator lindsay graham, the top republican on the committee, took aim at facebook founder and ceo, mark zuckerburg. mr zuckerberg, you and the companies before us, i know you don't mean it to be so, but you have blood on your you have a product that is killing people. and i use it, we all use it. there's an upside everything here. of the dark side has not been dealt with. it's now time to deal with the dark side because people have taken youridea dark side because people have taken your idea and they have turned it into a nightmare for the american people. they turned into a nightmare for the world at large. this w
tech bosses including meta's mark zuckerberg and linda yaccarino of x have been accused of "having blood on their hands" by a powerul us senate committee in washington. the hearing was called as concerns rise about children's mental health and safety online. politicians say big tech companies are not doing enough to protect children from sexual exploitation. they have been debating tougher laws, and demanded executives explain what has been done so far. in his opening remarks, senator...
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miss yaccarino, yes or no? you report it or you don't? >> senator, as a reminder we have less than 1% of our users that are between the ages of 13 and 17. >> do you report the absolute number of how many images and how often -- >> -- the posts and accounts that we've taken down in 2023, we've taken almost a million posts down that in regards to mental health and self-harm. >> mr. chew, do you disclose the number of appearances of these types of content and how many are viewed before they're taken down? >> senator, we disclose the number we take down of violation and how many of that were taken down proactively before it was reported. >> mr. spiegel? >> yes, senator, we do disclose. >> mr. citron? >> yes, we do. >> so i've got three more questions i'd love to walk through if i had unlimited time. i will submit them for the re record. the larger point is that platforms need to hand over more content about how the algorithms work and what the content does and what the consequences are not at the aggregate and not at the population level, but
miss yaccarino, yes or no? you report it or you don't? >> senator, as a reminder we have less than 1% of our users that are between the ages of 13 and 17. >> do you report the absolute number of how many images and how often -- >> -- the posts and accounts that we've taken down in 2023, we've taken almost a million posts down that in regards to mental health and self-harm. >> mr. chew, do you disclose the number of appearances of these types of content and how many are...
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its new ceo linda yaccarino will testify. it's a good example of the fact he has to go through regulatory approvals through so many different bodies and agencies. with this it's the fda. with spacex it's the department of transportation and faa. with x it's members of congress. so, every time elon musk has to do something, he has to get through policymakers and his strange permit will make that tougher, which is why it's impressive they were able to get a lot of these permissions. >> i think you just made me a believer. sarah fisher, i was skeptical of poppy's belief in it, but sarah brought me all the way in. >> this is what i get for sitting next to him for three hours. >>> "cnn this morning" continues right now. >>> all eyes on the white house after three soldiers were killed by a drone strike. >> we will respond. we will strong strongly. >> we know these groups are supported by iran. therefore, they have their fingerprints on this. >> these militant groups are trying to start a war. we're trying to stop a war, not start o
its new ceo linda yaccarino will testify. it's a good example of the fact he has to go through regulatory approvals through so many different bodies and agencies. with this it's the fda. with spacex it's the department of transportation and faa. with x it's members of congress. so, every time elon musk has to do something, he has to get through policymakers and his strange permit will make that tougher, which is why it's impressive they were able to get a lot of these permissions. >> i...
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its new ceo linda yaccarino will testify. it's a good example of the fact he has to go through regulatory approvals through so many different bodies and agencies. with this it's the fda. with spacex it's the department of transportation and faa. with x it's members of congress. so, every time elon musk has to do something, he has to get through policymakers and h
its new ceo linda yaccarino will testify. it's a good example of the fact he has to go through regulatory approvals through so many different bodies and agencies. with this it's the fda. with spacex it's the department of transportation and faa. with x it's members of congress. so, every time elon musk has to do something, he has to get through policymakers and h
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>> yaccarino. >> do you support the earned act?> we strongly support the collaboration to raise and distribute -- >> no, no, do you support the earned act? do you support -- in english, do you support the earned act? yes or no. we don't need double speak. >> we look foorward to supportig and continuing our conversations, as you can see -- >> okay, but you have -- the reason it's important, you can actually lose your liability protections when children are exploited and you didn't use best business practices. see, the earned act means you have to earn liability protection. you're given it no matter what you do. so to the members of this committee, it is now time to make sure that the people who are holding up the signs can sue on behalf of their loved ones. nothing will change until the courtroom door is open to victims of social media. $2 billion, mr. chu. how much -- what percentage is that of what you made last year? >> senator, it's a significant and increasing investment -- >> well, you pay taxes. 2% is what percent of your rev
>> yaccarino. >> do you support the earned act?> we strongly support the collaboration to raise and distribute -- >> no, no, do you support the earned act? do you support -- in english, do you support the earned act? yes or no. we don't need double speak. >> we look foorward to supportig and continuing our conversations, as you can see -- >> okay, but you have -- the reason it's important, you can actually lose your liability protections when children are...
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are going to grill some of the biggest names in all of tech including meta ceo mark zuckerberg, linda yaccarino' pick to run -- musk's pick to run x. she's never testified before congress. and tiktok's chief executive also be with here, he faced a grueling hearing here last year. we got our hands on zuckerberg's opening statement. he's going to highlight how facebook and instagram have new rules to protect kids online and call for legislation to give parents more control of what their kids see. also mention some safety features that facebook and instagram have roll ared out in the past couple of weeks. but he will downplay social media's role in the increase in mental health issues in kids saying mental health is a complex issue, and the existing body of scientific work hasn't shown a causal link between using social media and young people having worse mental health outcomes. of all the companies that will be here today, only one, snap, is publicly supporting the kids' online safety act. that's bipartisan legislation that two of the senators on the judiciary committee introduced. >> they need t
are going to grill some of the biggest names in all of tech including meta ceo mark zuckerberg, linda yaccarino' pick to run -- musk's pick to run x. she's never testified before congress. and tiktok's chief executive also be with here, he faced a grueling hearing here last year. we got our hands on zuckerberg's opening statement. he's going to highlight how facebook and instagram have new rules to protect kids online and call for legislation to give parents more control of what their kids see....
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yaccarino have you talked to parents directly, young people about designing your product? >> as a new leader of x, the answer is yes, i have spoken to them about the behavioral patterns because less than 1% of our users are in that age group, but yes, i have spoken to them. >> thank you, ma'am. mr. sspiegel, there are a numbe of parents whose children have been able to access illegal drugs on your platform. what do you say to those parents? >> senator, we are devastated that we cannot -- >> to the parents. what do you say to those parents? >> i'm so sorry that we have not been able to prevent these tragedies. we work very hard to block all search terms related to drugs from our platform. we detect drug related content. we refer it to law enforcement for action. we've worked together with nonprofits and with families on education campaigns because the scale of the fentanyl epidemic is extraordinary. 100,000 people lost their lives last year. we believe people need to know one pill can kill. that campaign was viewed more than 260 million times on snapchat. >> mr. spiegel, th
yaccarino have you talked to parents directly, young people about designing your product? >> as a new leader of x, the answer is yes, i have spoken to them about the behavioral patterns because less than 1% of our users are in that age group, but yes, i have spoken to them. >> thank you, ma'am. mr. sspiegel, there are a numbe of parents whose children have been able to access illegal drugs on your platform. what do you say to those parents? >> senator, we are devastated that...
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media platforms including snapchat will appear at today's hearing along with mark zuckerberg and linda yaccarinol. thank you for coming on the show. i guess first of all explain how this legislation would work if passed. >> well, it is pretty simple. what we're trying to do is provide parents and kids the tools so they can discontents from the black box algorithms that drive bullying, eating disorders, suicidal self harm, all of the toxic content on the internet today giving back control over their online lives not only to children but tools to their parents and imposing accountability, that is responsibility so those big tech companies when they fail to mitigate or prevent harm. and final more transparency, all those algorithms people should know how they work and how they drive addictive content to kids. and lead them down to those dark rabbit holes that are so often destructive. >> senator, thank you for being with us. what are you hoping to hear from the tech ceos? >> do you expect pushback? >> we're going to hear a lot of verbiage, a lot of high tech bologna. and i think one of the purpose,
media platforms including snapchat will appear at today's hearing along with mark zuckerberg and linda yaccarinol. thank you for coming on the show. i guess first of all explain how this legislation would work if passed. >> well, it is pretty simple. what we're trying to do is provide parents and kids the tools so they can discontents from the black box algorithms that drive bullying, eating disorders, suicidal self harm, all of the toxic content on the internet today giving back control...