Sen. Blumenthal: Big Tech Titans Disregarded Their Responsibility to Protect Children

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BLUMENTHAL: “Nearly half the United States Senate has co-sponsored this measure, evenly divided Republican and Democrat to provide tools to parents and kids to disconnect from those algorithms that are driving bullying and eating disorders and even suicidal thoughts to children online without any accountability, and to impose that kind of transparency and accountability makes absolutely common sense. I'm very hopeful, because leadership on both sides of the aisle supports this idea, that we will make progress. This session of the United States Congress and this hearing on Wednesday, I think is going to be a bombshell because --“
QUICK: “Yeah.”
BLUMENTHAL: “-- the major leaders of the tech titans will be there, and we're going to ask tough questions with documents that we have to show that they have disregarded their responsibility to protect children.”