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Brian Boland

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Testimony

Social Media’s Impact on Homeland Security

Lankford describes Facebook's algorithm rewarding angry, hostile comment exchanges between users and asks whether it's technically possible to let page owners hide public comment threads to prevent commenters from attacking each other. …

Testimony

Social Media’s Impact on Homeland Security

Romney, citing concern for his own kids and grandkids, asks whether other countries have implemented design measures (like TikTok's reported five-second blank-screen gaps in China) to reduce social media's addictive draw, and whether the U.S. is falling behind on protecting kids this way. …

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Social Media’s Impact on Homeland Security

Citing horrifically livestreamed terrorist attacks that inspire copycat violence, Hassan asks whether social media companies can quickly identify and stop terrorist content from spreading in real time. …

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Social Media’s Impact on Homeland Security

Peters asks Boland to confirm he raised internal objections at Facebook about the recommendation algorithm promoting extreme, hateful, and racist content, and what leadership's reaction was. …