i m anderson cooper. you may have heard the u.s. surgeon general issued a warning that social media carries what he called a profound risk of harm to the mental health and well-being of children and adolescence. it s something all of us who are parents are worried about. because of a law passed in the mid-1990s, social media companies are shielded from almost all responsibility for the content their users post, no matter how untrue or harmful it may be. but now with billions of people online, the question is, have things spiraled out of control? we spoke with three families who are taking on some of the biggest social media companies in an uphill legal battle in an effort to change the way the internet works. some of the topics in the next hour including eating disorders and suicide and can be disturbing to watch. good morning. are you getting on, mom? yeah, let s get on. reporter: a tour bus through washington in spring is typically full of kids. oh, my. reporter
welcome to the source source. i m jake tapper in tel aviv in for kaitlan collins. tonight israel is further attempting to defend the massive strike on the largest refugee camp in gaza, densely populated with slups. israel saying it was targeting a top hamas commander who was quote pivotal to the planning and execution of the october 7th terrorist attack on israel, someone, quote, actively coordinating and leading combat activities against israeli forces. israel says dozens of other hamas terrorists were also killed at the gentleman balance yeah camp. they don t know how many citizens were killed but palestinians were notified to leave. here is what a folks man polled wolf blitzer earlier today. this is the tragedy of war, wolf. i mean, we, as you know, have been saying for days, we are doing everything we can to minimize. i ll say it again. they are hiding themselves within. civilian population. you see a creator in the ground there. this comes as the fbi director in the un
a few kids can sneak into a rated r movie. but on the whole, it s a different experience. and people are saying you can do the same thing for social media. but fundamentally, the courts and congress are very reluctant to be in breach of people s first amendment speech rights. and that makes it hard to figure out where to go on social media without being accused of censorship. it s going to make it that much harder for us to catch up with our kids exactly. but i hope they identify with this. every kid, every parent who has a phone will find something familiar in tonight s show. we ll be watching. thank you very much. stay with us as we delve into all of this on a new episode of the whole story with anderson cooper. i m jim acosta. i ll see you next weekekend. good night. ththanks for joining us for the e whole story.
if you believe you are a bore like i do, i can imagine world war ii with an internet, propaganda videos to come here. more likely an al qaeda leaders he came from grave to recruit people to the jihadist cause. i don t think it abridges first amendment speech rights of privacy to take him down. so when the enemy uses a form to attack our country and turn people against us, the first amendment every other amendment to fight that. our laws have gaps in them. our laws are not on the war footing. that doesn t mean i want to read your e-mail. it does mean that i want to stop terrorists from getting the entire backyard to cyberspace in turn people against us. if we don t deal with this now, it will get worse over time. strange i talked to secretary kelly (-left-paren after the