In a highly anticipated hearing, Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri questioned Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg regarding the company's failures and lack of action to address serious issues on their platform. The focus of the inquiry centered around the harm caused to users, especially young people, and the accountability of Facebook for these harms.
Senator Hawley confronted Zuckerberg with statistics and emails demonstrating that 37% of teenage girls between the ages of 13 and 15 were exposed to unwanted nudity on Instagram, which is owned by Facebook. Hawley repeatedly asked Zuckerberg who had been fired as a result of these distressing revelations, but the CEO avoided directly answering the question.
