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Texas lawmakers weigh strategies for protecting minors from social media

Representatives from social media companies such as Meta— which owns Facebook and Instagram— as well as TikTok, Snap and X declined to testify at a joint committee hearing Tuesday at the Texas Capitol.
Representatives from social media companies such as Meta— which owns Facebook and Instagram— as well as TikTok, Snap and X declined to testify at a joint committee hearing Tuesday at the Texas Capitol.
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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas lawmakers vowed Tuesday to hold Big Tech accountable for failing to protect minors from harm on social media, including exposure to pornography and sex trafficking. “There’s been no significant change to protect minors from the harms we continue to see on social media,” said Rep. Jared Patterson, R-Frisco, co-chair of the Joint Committee to Study the Effects of Media on …

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