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Senators grill YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat about safety of kids

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Congress is considering at least two bills that would hold social media companies accountable for how they direct content to children and teens. Senators questioned executives from YouTube, TikTok, and Snapchat about what they’re doing to ensure young users' safety.

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  1. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    YouTube, TikTok, Snap execs face senators on kids' safety (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    Bearing down on hugely popular social media platforms and their impact on children, the leaders of a Senate panel have called executives from YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat to face questions on what their companies are doing to ensure young users' safety.

  2. FOX Business

    TikTok, Snap, YouTube to face questions from Congress over platforms' impacts on teens, children (opens FOX Business)

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    TikTok, Snap and YouTube are in the hot seat as the companies are set to face questions from Congress over the platforms' impacts on teens.

  3. WWL New Orleans

    YouTube, TikTok, Snap leaders to face Senate panel on kids' safety (opens WWL New Orleans)

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    The hearing Tuesday comes as the panel bears down on hugely popular social media platforms and their impact on children.

  4. Tucson

    Senators put YouTube, TikTok, Snap on defensive on kids' use (opens Tucson)

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators put executives from YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat on the defensive Tuesday, questioning them about what they’re doing to ensure young users’ safety on their platforms.

  5. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    Senator: YouTube, TikTok, Snap offering only small changes (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat are offering only “tweaks and minor changes” in their operations to ensure young users’ safety amid rising concern over the platforms’ potential harm

  6. CNN

    TikTok, YouTube and Snap execs in Senate hot seat over social media's impact on kids (opens CNN)

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    Executives from TikTok, Snap and YouTube were grilled by Senators on Tuesday about the steps their platforms are taking to protect their young users, weeks after a Facebook executive faced tough questions on the same issue.

  7. Engadget

    Snap, TikTok and YouTube need to do more to protect children, lawmakers say (opens Engadget)

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    At a Senate hearing on child safety and social media, Snap, YouTube and TikTok promised new safety features, but lawmakers weren't impressed..

  8. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Senator: YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat offering only small changes (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    WASHINGTON — YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat are offering only "tweaks and minor changes" in their operations to ensure young users' safety amid rising concern over the platforms' potential harm to children, the head of a Senate panel told the companies' executives Tuesday.

  9. Al Jazeera

    YouTube, TikTok, Snap execs to face US senators on kids’ safety (opens Al Jazeera)

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    The platforms are woven into the fabric of young people’s lives, often influencing their dress, dance moves and diet.

  10. Tampa Bay Times

    Senators put YouTube, TikTok, Snap on defensive on kids’ use, safety in U.S. (opens Tampa Bay Times)

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    The lawmakers also sought the executives’ support for legislation bolstering protection of children on social media.

  11. Delaware Public Media

    TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube get grilled at Senate hearing over kids' safety (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    A Senate committee convened them to hear about how young people experience the platforms and whether laws need to change to protect the apps' youngest users.

  12. Wfmy News 2

    Big Tech's 'big tobacco moment': Senators take aim at TikTok, YouTube, Snapchat over kids' use (opens Wfmy News 2)

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    Executives from YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat were put on the defensive at a Tuesday Senate hearing over what they are doing to protect young users.

  13. FOX 5 New York

    Senators grill YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat about safety of kids (opens FOX 5 New York)

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    Congress is considering at least two bills that would hold social media companies accountable for how they direct content to children and teens. Senators questioned executives from YouTube, TikTok, and Snapchat about what they’re doing to ensure young users' safety.

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