Sen. Durbin: Zuckerberg’s ‘No Causal Link’ Statement Was ‘Outrageous’

‘A man with the resources he has and the advisers he has should not have said anything like that’

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HARLOW: “I want to play this moment that struck me. This is Mark Zuckerberg in his testimony. Here he was.”
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ZUCKERBERG: “Mental health is a complex issue and the existing body of scientific work has not shown a causal link between using social media and young people having worse mental health outcomes.
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HARLOW: “I wonder what you thought when you heard that.”
DURBIN: “It harkens me back to a moment in history in Congress, when the tobacco executives came before us and under oath, swore that nicotine was not addictive, and their product was not killing people. That was an outrageous statement by Mr. Zuckerberg, and a man who has the resources that he has, and the adviser he had, should never said anything like that.”
 

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