Senators Push for Industry Support on Kids’ Online Safety Bills

Congressional lawmakers pressed major social media executives to support proposed federal online protections for kids during a tense Senate hearing on Wednesday, but failed to secure outright endorsements as hoped.

The Senate Judiciary Committee brought in the chief executives of Meta Platforms Inc, Tiktok, X, Snap Inc., and Discord to fuel momentum for a package of bipartisan legislation targeting online child sexual exploitation. Despite widespread pressure to act, Congress has so far failed to pass those bills and other measures circulating on Capitol Hill intended to strengthen children’s safety online.

The CEOs on Wednesday pledged to ...