and those people on a good page with sobriety were cut off with support meetings and having to go to meetings online or people couldn t go to their usual therapist and their lost their job and their health care. so really unfortunately there are a lot of reasons why i think we ve seen this. i also wonder, teachers and caregivers or a friend s parents notice when a kid is being abused. i wonder if the numbers are actually low because the teachers caregiver and friends and parents weren t around as many kids as they usually are. that is a matter of some speculation for sure. because i think there are a lot of hidden cases an the family that fell off the radar in the school systemal together. that is one of the real devastating things we saw about virtual learning is that for some kids they truly disappeared from the system. and they had no engagement, no o oversight so when we think about
your take on the pllikelihood o oversight? hard to know but look to the old country, europe, interesting guidance on one of the two issues i think these companies face. one is privacy, of which we have none. second, their ability to push forth unfettered information and have it look like news. on the former front, europe is installing new rules, tougher rules, that regulate privacy. these companies that are global companies are going to have to follow these rules anyway. it s like emissions. get to the toughest state, follow those rules and the rest follow suit. a lot of work to do on emissions. we do. separate topic but related. once following a certain set of regulations perhaps could be made global. america s never been a country high on protecting privacy, but maybe that changes if you re like me and alexa plays music without you asking it to. like what? maybe i m a little cynical about this, but for any who has
opportunity overseer. now over the years i ve asked quite a few exchif nominees, to commitments to respond to jo oversight, but in my experience, nominees are pretty receptive to oversight during these type of hearings but after they ve been confirmed, oversight doesn t seem to be a high priority for them. as i told you when we met privately in my office, sometimes i think nominees should go ahead and be a little more straightforward during their hearings and instead of saying yes to everything we ask it would be more honest to say maybe when asked if they would respond to our questions. now because you ve served on this committee and understand the importance of oversight, i m hoping you ll be different in your predecessor in response to