The heads of the world’s leading social media companies testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, facing a combative, angry group of lawmakers whose patience with the risks to young people posed by the platforms appeared to have run out.
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina laid into the social media CEOs, blaming them for the deaths of children who have used the platforms, whether from suicide or drug overdoses.
“You have blood on your hands,” Graham said before telling them it was time for Congress to repeal a statute that protects the companies from being sued by their users.
“You have a product that’s killing people. … You can’t be sued, you should be!” he said. “It is now time to repeal Section 230.”
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Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota brought up instances of children who committed suicide after being bullied on social media.
“I’m so tired of this. It’s been 28 years … since the start of the internet,” she said. “We haven’t passed any of these bills, because everyone’s ‘double talk, double talk.’ It’s time to actually pass them.”
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