Tech CEOs invited to talk kids’ safety on Capitol Hill

Tech CEOs invited to talk kids’ safety on Capitol Hill

Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) would like the leaders of four major technology companies to appear before lawmakers next month for a kids’ safety hearing after a pair of landmark court decisions against two of the firms.

Grassley, in a post Friday, announced he’d invited Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew and Snap CEO Evan Spiegel to the June 23 hearing.

Grassley wrote on the social platform X that people should know what efforts tech companies are making to keep children and their families safe online, adding that the committee looks forward to “shining a bright light” and “holding Big Tech accountable.”

The four companies did not respond to The Hill’s request for comment as of the newsletter’s publication time. 

The hearing was first reported by Axios.

The hearing is titled “Examining Tech Industry Practices and the Implications for Users and Families: Is This Social Media’s Big Tobacco Moment?”

It comes about three months after back-to-back jury verdicts finding Meta, the parent firm of Instagram and Facebook; and YouTube, owned by Alphabet; liable for their........

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