Zuckerberg accused of having ‘blood on his hands’ at Senate hearing

Leaders from five social media platforms were admonished by politicians at a US Senate hearing to discuss child online safety, which began with videos and testimony from people who say they were sexually exploited on X, Facebook and Instagram.

The 21-member Senate Judiciary Committee called the chief executives of Meta Platforms., X, Snap., Discord and TikTok to Washington in an effort to hold them accountable for their platforms’ impact on teenagers and children.

“These companies ...