The US Senate Judiciary Committee subpoenas the CEOs of X, Discord, and Snap to testify at a hearing on children's online safety on December 6
expects their CEOs will agree to testify voluntarily. Senator Dick Durbin / @senatordurbin : We promised Big Tech that they'd have their chance to explain their failures to protect kids. Now's that chance. I'm hauling in Big Tech CEOs before the Senate Judiciary Committee to testify on their failure to protect kids online. Nu Wexler / @wexler : @ashleyrgold Oh yes. The only thing D.C. can agree on is that tech lawyers/lobbyists are boring witnesses because they don't make news. [image] Ashley Gold / @ashleyrgold : @wexler Remember when tech companies sent their ctos to Congress bc they said they were closer to the topics and products at hand but Congress said no we want your CEOs Nu Wexler / @wexler : Musk's “CTO” title at Twitter/X is ridiculous, but it does get him out of testifying at hearings like this. Cristiano Lima / @viacristiano : Story on Senate tech subpoenas here w/ updates: — X says they are “working in good faith” to partake — Snap's CEO “already agreed to testify” and working on “potential dates” with panel, spox says https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Cristiano Lima / @viacristiano : This is 👀: “In a remarkable departure from typical practice, Discord and X have further refused to cooperate by accepting service of the subpoenas on behalf of their CEOs, requiring the Committee to enlist the assistance of the U.S. Marshals Service to personally serve” them @ttp_updates : This is a deeply irresponsible move by Discord, a company that saw a 474% increase in @MissingKidsCSAM reports between 2021 to 2022. Jason Kint / @jason_kint : Fortunately for X, their CEO is no longer the person who agrees with and amplifies antisemitic content - that's the owner and most influential account on it. Regardless, Zuckerberg should be the main event due to the recent former employee testimony and state AGs lawsuit. Cristiano Lima / @viacristiano : NEWS: Senate Judiciary subpoenas Discord, Snap & X CEOs to testify on kids' safety, say they expect Meta's Zuckerberg & TikTok's Chew to appear voluntarily [image] @evan_greer : I'm all for the Senate using it's subpoena power to demand more transparency and accountability from Big Tech CEOs. Unfortunately, this will probably just be used as another dog and pony show to promote bills like STOP CSAM and EARN IT that won't help 🙄https://twitter.com/... @judiciarydems : BREAKING: the Senate Judiciary Committee has issued bipartisan subpoenas to the CEOs of Discord, Snap, and X to testify on their failure to protect children online. Senator Dick Durbin / @senatordurbin : I just issued bipartisan subpoenas to Big Tech CEOs with @LindseyGrahamSC. Big Tech has failed to police itself - at the expense of our kids. We're informing our legislative push to protect kids online. Forums: r/technology : In rare show of force, senators enlist U.S. marshals to subpoena tech CEOs | Senators subpoena CEOs of Musk's X, Snap in an attempt …
JUST ANNOUNCED: Senate Judiciary Committee will press Big Tech CEOs on their failures to protect kids at hearing on Dec 6. Subpoenas issued to CEOs of Discord, Snap, & X. Committee remains in discussion w/ Meta, TikTok—expects their CEOs will agree to testify voluntarily.
We promised Big Tech that they'd have their chance to explain their failures to protect kids. Now's that chance. I'm hauling in Big Tech CEOs before the Senate Judiciary Committee to testify on their failure to protect kids online.
NEWS: Senate Judiciary subpoenas Discord, Snap & X CEOs to testify on kids' safety, say they expect Meta's Zuckerberg & TikTok's Chew to appear voluntarily [image]
BREAKING: the Senate Judiciary Committee has issued bipartisan subpoenas to the CEOs of Discord, Snap, and X to testify on their failure to protect children online.
@wexler Remember when tech companies sent their ctos to Congress bc they said they were closer to the topics and products at hand but Congress said no we want your CEOs
I just issued bipartisan subpoenas to Big Tech CEOs with @LindseyGrahamSC. Big Tech has failed to police itself - at the expense of our kids. We're informing our legislative push to protect kids online.
Story on Senate tech subpoenas here w/ updates: — X says they are “working in good faith” to partake — Snap's CEO “already agreed to testify” and working on “potential dates” with panel, spox says https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Fortunately for X, their CEO is no longer the person who agrees with and amplifies antisemitic content - that's the owner and most influential account on it. Regardless, Zuckerberg should be the main event due to the recent former employee testimony and state AGs lawsuit.
I'm all for the Senate using it's subpoena power to demand more transparency and accountability from Big Tech CEOs. Unfortunately, this will probably just be used as another dog and pony show to promote bills like STOP CSAM and EARN IT that won't help 🙄https://twitter.com/...
This is 👀: “In a remarkable departure from typical practice, Discord and X have further refused to cooperate by accepting service of the subpoenas on behalf of their CEOs, requiring the Committee to enlist the assistance of the U.S. Marshals Service to personally serve” them