1/ Senator @ChrisCoonsforDE refers to @_KarenHao @techreview reporting around how incentives work at Facebook with regard to growth metrics, asks platforms whether they provide such pay incentives. Bickert say they are "not simply" incentivized for engagement.
2/ Culbertson says they have no incentive to drive unhealthy engagement. Veitch says responsibility is YouTube's primary concern (?!?).
3/ @BenSasse says the statements from the platforms about incentives is irreconcilable with their business model. Bickert: "For us, the focus is always on the long term." Refers to decision on 'meaningful social interactions' that did reduce amount of time spent on Facebook.
4/ Bickert: teams working on harassment and hate speech, disinfo are driven by reducing prevalence of such content on the site. Culbertson: we're focused on serving public convo, says algos can be helpful.
5/ Veitch doesn't address the question directly but instead says "misinformation is not in our interest", says YouTube intends to build user and advertiser relationships for the long term.
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