AXIOS February 1, 2024
Scott Rosenberg, Maria Curi, Ashley Gold, Megan Morrone

Wednesday’s Senate hearing about protecting kids on social media focused on regulating yesterday’s and today’s technology — but lawmakers failed to grill executives on the rise of AI and the new problems it is generating.

Why it matters: The hearing, like those that preceded it, looked for solutions to longstanding problems — failures in content moderation, age verification, protection of teens’ mental health and enforcement of laws against child sexual abuse material (CSAM) — but the tech industry keeps inventing new services that get put to bad use.

What’s happening: Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee spent close to four hours grilling Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his counterparts from TikTok, X, Snap and Discord on the sexual exploitation of...

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Topics: AI (Artificial Intelligence), Congress / White House, Govt Agencies, Healthcare System, Patient / Consumer, Safety, Social Media, Technology
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