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Social Media’s Impact on Homeland Security
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.