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Richard Blumenthal

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Richard Blumenthal is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Connecticut since 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, Blumenthal has focused on issues such as consumer protection, healthcare, and veterans' affairs during his tenure. He previously served as the Attorney General of Connecticut from 1991 to 2011, where he gained recognition for his advocacy on behalf of consumers and his efforts to hold corporations accountable. Blumenthal has been an active voice in the Senate, participating in various committees and addressing key national issues.

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Dec 7, 2021

Nothing more than the bare minimum controls for parents.

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Dec 7, 2021

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

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Dec 7, 2021

I think we need legislation on privacy, to protect the enormous amounts of data that are collected on kids, on transparency to show what these algorithms are doing.

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Dec 7, 2021

There is no excuse for it. But it dramatically shows one of the key failings of Instagram and a lot of these tech platforms, which is they have no responsiveness to parents, or anyone else reporting this toxic addictive content that is…

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Dec 7, 2021

Shouldn't children and parents have the right to report dangerous material abuse and get a response? Get some action.

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Dec 7, 2021

Facebook knows about the harm, it has done the research, the studies, the surveys repeatedly, it knows the destructive consequences of the algorithms and designs.

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Dec 7, 2021

We really appreciate your being here, Mr. Mosseri.

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Dec 7, 2021

I know everybody thinks of me as a very nice guy, but I am going to be ruthless.

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Dec 7, 2021

What really stuns me is the lack of action.

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Dec 7, 2021

Instagram is addictive. That is the view that has been repeated again and again and again by people who are experts in this field.

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Dec 7, 2021

Will you commit to doing the same?

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Dec 7, 2021

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

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Dec 7, 2021

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

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Dec 7, 2021

today I rise to recognize Mr. Carl Leogrande, a remarkable man and World War II veteran who turns 100 on January 3, 2022. Following the invasion of Normandy, Mr. Leogrande served as a tank driver for the 12th Armored Division. After his…

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Dec 7, 2021

The trust is gone. What we need now is independent researchers, objective overseers not chosen by big tech but from outside.

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Dec 7, 2021

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

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Dec 7, 2021

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…

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Dec 7, 2021

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

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Dec 7, 2021

The days of absolute broad unique immunity for big tech are over.

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Dec 7, 2021

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

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Dec 7, 2021

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

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Dec 7, 2021

Congress should pass the bipartisan Children's and Teens Online Privacy Protection Act authored by Senator Markey.

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Dec 7, 2021

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

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Dec 7, 2021

Shouldn't kids in the United States have protection as good as the kids in UK enjoy?

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Dec 7, 2021

Thank you, Senator Cantwell. Thanks for your excellent work on this issue and your help and support in these hearings.

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