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The five major social media CEOs have all been called to the Capitol to be interrogated by the United States Senate over the topic of the exploitation of children and their information. Mark Zuckerberg (Meta), Evan Speigel (Snap), Shou Zi Chew (TikTok), Jason Citron (Discord), and Linda Yaccarino (X), were called into the investigation and were grilled by the Senate on the first day of the hearing, with hundreds of families of kids affected by social media attending the hearing. They held up posters and signs and made reactions to certain comments that the CEOs and the Senate made, and Zuckerberg and Speigel both personally apologized to the crowd for the effects of social media on their kids. However, the Senate accused Meta of selling teens' information and interrogated Shou Zi Chew on their connections to China, and they are furious over this case and how social media has caused these children to engage in self-harm, experience low self-esteem, take drugs, and even lose their lives. They have been sued numerous times and bills continue to fail to go into effect at the federal level. Many bills
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At the end of the 1st paragraph, it just says, "Many bills."