Leash tightens about the necks of social media titans in the US

Nothing of substance resulted from yesterday’s U.S. Senate scolding of five social media CEOs. Intangible but important was the obvious fact that the industry’s political muscle continues to wither.

Judiciary Committee members, conservatives and liberals alike, say they are ready (this time) to regulate social media with age verification or biometric age estimation to prevent children from being bullied, harassed and sexually exploited. Affected children (and no small number of vulnerable adults) have harmed themselves to the point of suicide. …

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