Like so many, I was deeply moved by Frances, who proved courageous, credible, & compelling on 60 Minutes. From her first visit with my office, I’ve admired her backbone & bravery in revealing terrible truths about one of the world’s most powerful, implacable corporate giants.
https://twitter.com/60minutes/status/1444809720808845315
We now know about Facebook’s destructive harms to kids—harms that Facebook concealed & knowingly exploited to increase profits—because of documents Frances revealed.
Those documents show Facebook’s raw greed in dragging children to dark places & deepening insecurities, leading to online bullying, eating disorders, self-injury, even suicide.
Frances has shown the world that the company is using Big Tobacco’s playbook, cruelly & cravenly seeking to make more money from addictive harms to our children, while suppressing disclosure of what it knew.
I look forward to Frances’ testimony on Tuesday before my subcommittee & to future hearings documenting why Facebook & other tech companies must be held accountable—& how we plan to do that.
Facebook’s actions make clear that we cannot trust it to police itself. We must consider stronger oversight, effective protections for children, & tools for parents, among the needed reforms.
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