Meta & Children's Online Safety

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Americans at Risk: Manipulation and Deception in the Digital Age

Testimony

Questioner: Kathy Castor

Harm: Addiction & problematic use
Q. · Question

Kathy Castor

A. · Response

Respondent not recorded

QuestionAsks whether Section 230 enables increased manipulation/addiction and what fixes might address that.

ResponseSays Section 230 is what enables Facebook to proactively restrict harmful content, denies it enables manipulation.