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Disinformation Nation: Social Media’s Role in Promoting Extremism and Misinformation

Testimony

Questioner: Bob LattaWitness: Mark Zuckerberg

Harm: Child sexual exploitationHarm: Terrorism
Q. · Question

Bob Latta

A. · Response

Mark Zuckerberg

QuestionLatta asks what specific Section 230 reforms Zuckerberg supports, given his testimony citing child exploitation as a category platforms should be held accountable for, and presses on transparency-reporting frequency.

ResponseZuckerberg proposes two Section 230 changes for large platforms: mandatory transparency reports on harmful-content prevalence (naming child exploitation and terrorism as example categories), and conditioning immunity on having effective systems to moderate clearly illegal content like sex trafficking and child exploitation.