[gavel bangs] this meeting of the Senate Judiciary committee will come to order. I want to preface my remarks by saying that i have been in congress a few years. Senator graham has as well. If you do not believe this is an idea whose time has come, take a look at the turnout here. Today, the committee will continue its work on an issue on the mind of most American Families how to keep our kids safe from Sexual Exploitation unharmed in the internet age. Online child Sexual Exploitation includes the use of Online Platforms to target and groom children and the production and endless distribution of child sexual abuse material, which can haunt victims for their entire lives and in some cases take their lives. Everyone here will agree this conduct is abhorrent. I would like to turn to a brief video to hear directly from the victims, survivors of the impact survivors about the impact these crimes have had on them. I was sexually exploded on facebook. I was sexually exploded on instagram. I w
The most is your own. This is what democracy looks like. Cspan, powered by cable. The ceos of meta, tiktok, and x talk about efforts to stop Child Sexual Exploitation online before the Senate Judiciary committee. Republican senator Lindsey Graham, the Top Republican on the committee, was critical of the companies, accusing them of having blood on their hands. Later in the hearing, Mark Zuckerberg apologized to parents who had lost children because of a social mediarelated incident. This is just over three and and a half hours. [gavel bangs] this meeting of the Senate Judiciary committee will come to order. I want to preface my remarks by saying that i have been in congress a few years. Senator graham has as well. If you do not believe this is an idea whose time has come, take a look at the turnout here. Today, the committee will continue its work on an issue on the mind of most American Families how to keep our kids safe from Sexual Exploitation unharmed in the internet age. Online Chi
Pressure and our willingness to fight, and negotiate as if there is no fighting, if we are going to secure the release of these hostages alive. And ultimately bring peace to israel. We are going to leave the last few moments of this to hear the ceos testifying on child equitation. We have the ceos of meta. We also have evan spiegel. This is live coverage on cspan3. Members of the Senate Judiciary committee are arriving here with different ceos, talking about child sexual explication. The hearing comes amid roman concerns that social media is harming americas youth. The story says that the u. S. Surgeon general issued a Public Health advisory saying that social media use presents a profound risk of harm for teen and kids Mental Health. In written testimony, soderbergh Mark Zuckerberg announced that meta has introduced controls for how long children can use their services. We will hear from him, and the ceos of snap, tiktok, discord, and capital ask in a few minutes. Speaking on the Sena
Response and the looming deadline for people to flee gaza. Plus, prepare to slow down. The new law that will let some bay area cities put in speed cameras. Well tell you where. And construction continues on bay area highways causing a shutdown of a major highway. Thank you for joining us. Im andrea nakano. We start with the war in israel and the rush for people to get out of gaza before a possible ground invasion. This is video of Israeli Military equipment in place in southern israel. The white house says President Biden has spoken to israels Prime Minister and the president of the palestinian authority. According to officials on both sides of the conflict, more than 3,000 people have died since the hamas attack on israel a week ago. This was the scene earlier in gaza as people tried to get across the border into egypt. Egypts foreign minister told cnn that while the gate is open, bombings have destroyed the roads on the gaza side making them impassable. And we have learned within the
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