U.S. senators expect Meta, TikTok CEOs to testify at hearing on child sexual exploitation

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[1/2]U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) arrives for a hearing with the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on President Joe Bidens judicial nominees on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 25, 2023..

WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee said it will hold a Dec. 6 hearing on online child sexual exploitation and expects Meta (META.O).

Senate Judiciary Committee chair Dick Durbin and its top Republican Lindsey Graham said the hearing will allow Committee members to press CEOs from some of the biggest social media companies on their failures to protect children online...

"Hearing from the CEOs of some of the worlds largest social media companies will help inform the Committees efforts to address the crisis of online child sexual exploitation...