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Chief executives of Meta, X, TikTok, Snap and Discord to be questioned over alleged harms to young users on their platforms

The Senate is hauling in CEOs of social media companies to grill them over online harms to children on Wednesday, but parents and children’s safety advocates said the time for talking is over and Congress must act to protect children and teens. Parents who became advocates after losing their children to harms they say…

In a letter, 17 groups said the administration should require AI companies to report on their environmental impact and prevent AI from helping spread climate disinformation.

Congress needs to consider the full spectrum of AI harms, heed public polling, and pass urgently-needed AI protections that will protect competition, mitigate consumer harms, and support our democracy and national security right now, says Sacha Haworth, Executive Director of the Tech Oversight Project.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has personally and repeatedly thwarted initiatives meant to improve the well-being of teens on Facebook and Instagram, at times directly overruling some of his most senior lieutenants, according to internal communications made public as part of an ongoing lawsuit against the company.

The disclosures highlight Zuckerberg’s sway over decisions at Meta that can affect billions of users. And they also shed light on tensions that have occasionally arisen between Zuckerberg and other Meta officials who have pushed to enhance user well-being.

Technology advocacy groups sharply criticized Zuckerberg after the internal communications came to light.

(CNN) — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has personally and repeatedly thwarted initiatives meant to improve the well-being of teens on Facebook and Instagram, at times directly overruling some of his

By Brian Fung, CNN

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has personally and repeatedly thwarted initiatives meant to improve the well-being of teens on Facebook and Instagram, at times directly overruling some of his most senior lieutenants, according to internal communications made public as part of an ongoing lawsuit against the company.