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☆ X, Snap and Discord CEOs subpoenaed by lawmakers to testify about child sexual exploitation
  + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Jonathan Vanian | In | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +3 min
Lawmakers said Monday that they have issued subpoenas to the CEOs of X, Snap and Discord to compel the executives to testify on a hearing regarding online child sexual exploitation. Marshals Service to personally serve the subpoenas to Discord and X, which they characterized as "a remarkable departure from typical practice." Hearing from the CEOs of some of the world's largest social media companies will help inform the Committee's efforts to address the crisis of online child sexual exploitation." A Discord spokesperson said that, "Keeping our users safe, especially young people, is central to everything we do at Discord." "We have been actively engaging with the Committee on how we can best contribute to this important industry discussion," the Discord spokesperson said.
Persons: Linda Yaccarino, Vox, Dick Durbin, Lindsey Graham, Durbin, Graham, Wifredo Fernandez, Fernandez, Evan Spiegel, they've, Mark Zuckerberg, TikTok's Shou Zi Chew Organizations: The Ritz, Carlton, Lawmakers, U.S . Marshals Service, Big Tech, Twitter, CNBC, Committee, Meta, X Corp Locations: Laguna, Dana Point , California, Canada
☆ US Marshals serve CEOs of X and Discord with congressional subpoenas ahead of Big Tech child safety hearing
  + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +2 min
CNN —Tech CEOs are once again being summoned to Congress to testify about their business practices — and this time, the US Marshals Service is getting involved. On Monday, the Senate Judiciary Committee said it had subpoenaed three top social media executives — X CEO Linda Yaccarino, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel and Discord CEO Jason Citron — for a Dec. 6 hearing on children’s online safety and content moderation. “At our February hearing on protecting children’s safety online, we promised Big Tech that they’d have their chance to explain their failures to protect kids. In a statement, X said it has been cooperating with the committee. “We have been working in good faith to participate in the Judiciary committee’s hearing on child protection online as safety is our top priority at X,” said Wifredo Fernandez, head of US & Canada government affairs at X.
Persons: —, Linda Yaccarino, Evan Spiegel, Jason Citron —, Mark Zuckerberg, Shou Zi Chew, Yaccarino, Citron, ”, Dick Durbin, Lindsey Graham, X, “, Wifredo Fernandez, ” Meta, didn’t Organizations: CNN — Tech, US Marshals Service, Committee, US, Big Tech, Republican, ” Locations: Sens, Canada
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