Senator Josh Hawley asked Mark Zuckerberg today if he wanted to apologize to victims of child exploitation that occured because of his Meta Facebook and Instagram platforms.
Zuckerberg took Hawley up on the offer, turned to the families of the victims and made an apology to them.
Watch below:
NEW: Josh Hawley goes off on Mark Zuckerberg and forces him to stand up, turn around and apologize to families who were impacted by child exploitation on META platforms.
Humiliating.
"You didn't take any action. You didn't fire anybody."
"There's families of victims here… pic.twitter.com/YqRfWRVSlk
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) January 31, 2024
In related news Ted Cruz went after Zuckerberg on the same issue. It was a little heavy handed at time for Cruz, but I say that realizing that Cruz only had a limited amount of time.
WATCH: Senator Cruz BLASTS both Zuckerberg over pedophiles using Instagram and TikTok CEO over Chinese Communist Party influence. pic.twitter.com/TWCqh090HD
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) January 31, 2024