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Social Media’s Impact on Homeland Security

Testimony

Questioner: Rob PortmanWitness: Brian Boland

Narrative: ConcealmentHarm: Hate speech
Q. · Question

Rob Portman

A. · Response

Brian Boland

QuestionPortman asks Boland to explain why the Platform Accountability and Transparency Act is needed and how it would work.

ResponseBoland argues Meta discloses more than Google or TikTok but still far too little, that population-wide averages obscure that roughly 2 million Americans may be receiving a "hate-filled" or radicalizing feed even at a "1%" rate, and that he personally lost trust in what Meta was telling the public and itself about the problem.