Executives from Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube distanced themselves from Facebook during a congressional hearing Tuesday about online safety for teens.
Many of the questions aimed at Snap’s head of public policy Jennifer Stout, TikTok’s head of public policy Michael Beckerman and YouTube’s head of government affairs and public policy Leslie Miller centered around the harmful effects of Instagram on teen mental health and body image detailed in internal research leaked by Haugen, as well as the role of algorithms in pushing teens toward harmful content.“I understand from your testimony that your defense is: ‘We’re not Facebook.
“We do not prioritize profits over safety,” she said. “We invest heavily in making sure that our platforms are safe for our users. And we do not wait to act. We put systems and practices and protocols in place."in 2019 for violating children’s privacy laws. It was accused of collecting data on children under 13 on the main YouTube platform without parental consent.
During questioning by Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wy., about TikTok’s data collection practices, including its collection of keystroke data, which involves collecting data relating to users’ typing behavior, she asked which other technology platforms collected more data than TikTok.Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass.
“We’re encouraged to see Congress shed further light on the harms children face online, including tragic cases of dangerous viral challenges, bullying, and manipulative influencer marketing,” he wrote. “It’s disappointing that so often the witnesses asked the Senators to ‘Just trust us.’”
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