Richard Blumenthal

My Social Security 2100 Act ends the 5-month waiting period to receive disability benefits, and I think will provide much-needed assistance to people who are in need.

I was fortunate to introduce, with my colleague from Connecticut, Senator Larson, just a few months ago, the Social Security 2100 Act.

I think we need to support some of Social Security's most vulnerable beneficiaries including widows and widowers, caregivers, and our oldest seniors.

I see my colleague from Kentucky on the floor, and I want to take this opportunity to express to him and to Senator McConnell my condolences for what the people of Kentucky have endured with this catastrophic devastation. I know he has…

There are addictive effects of your platform, and I think you will sense on this committee pretty strong determination to do something well beyond what you have indicated.

The law required companies to disclose risks. It encouraged them to compete over values that were positive and that promoted safety.

Do you support prohibitions, bans on advertising and marketing to teens for products that are illegal for them to consume?

The fact that this content continues to exist on the site despite your denials, I think, really is hard to accept.

We want the studies. We want the research. We want the surveys.

I find that term really incomplete when it isn't accompanied by specific commitments, a yes or a no.

You can have longer than a minute, if you would like.

Would you support legally enforceable prohibitions where you can be held liable?

If you believe what you have testified here, you would say, yes, I support the EARN IT Act.

That is a pretty low bar, Mr. Mosseri. That is like you are in the gutter, forgive me, in terms of transparency.

If you host child sexual abuse material, should the victims be able to sue you?

Enforceability has to be part of your proposal.

These are really yes or no questions. They are pretty clear.

Let me ask you, will you commit to make the pause on Instagram Kids permanent?

Because an industry body is not Government regulation that Mark Zuckerberg or others at Facebook and elsewhere have called for.

Shouldn't there be an obligation that Instagram will respond?

Will you commit to a legal requirement that the access be provided and that an independent, separately appointed and separately funded body, not an industry body, as you have suggested, but an independent overseer and researcher, have that…

Will you commit to doing the same?

As Senator Blumenthal said, we are working on children's privacy, online privacy, data security, and Section 230 reforms.

I hope that you appreciate the frustration that the American public feels.

We can't rely on trust anymore, we can't rely on self-policing.