Graham Tells Social Media CEOs They Have “Blood On Their Hands” In Senate Hearing On Online Child Abuse

The Independent reports:

At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on social media safety, Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina told major tech CEOS they have “blood on their hands.”

“Mr Zuckerberg, you and the companies before us, I know you don’t mean it to be so, but you have blood on your hands, you have a product that’s killing people,” Mr Graham, a Republican, said at the hearing.

TikTok’s Shou Zi Chew and Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg were the only CEOs who appeared voluntarily, Mr Durbin said. Discord CEO Jason Citron, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel, and X CEO Linda Yaccarino attended under subpoenas, he said.

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“Mr. Zuckerberg, you and the companies before us — I know you don’t mean it to be so — but you have blood on your hands. You have a product that’s killing people.”

— Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) at the Judiciary Committee’s Big Tech CEO hearing pic.twitter.com/9UuVrhibU4

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