Meta's CEO Mark Zuckerberg stands and faces the audience as he testifies during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on online child sexual exploitation at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 31.
Mandatory Credit:	Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters

Meta's CEO Mark Zuckerberg stands and faces the audience as he testifies during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on online child sexual exploitation at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 31.
Mandatory Credit: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters

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Why Congress hasn’t made social media safer.

Wednesday’s emotional Senate Judiciary Committee hearing grilling tech CEOs focused on Silicon Valley’s failures to protect kids online. But it also spotlighted Congress’ own glaring — and longstanding — inability to pass any meaningful legislation to rein in tech platforms.