Grassley Discusses His Efforts to Hold Meta Accountable During Subcommittee Hearing on Company’s Failure to Protect Children - Grassley.senate.gov
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) discussed his continued oversight of Big Tech and Meta in a subcommittee hearing today with two whistleblowers who formerly worked for Meta. Grassley outlined his longstanding support for whistleblowers and his efforts to hold Meta accountable for alleged failures to protect children online.
This month, Grassley, along with Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), chairwoman and member, respectively, of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law, demanded answers from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on the company’s efforts to target teenagers based on their emotional state and on Meta’s reported failure to comply with the?Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).
During my time in the Senate, I’ve always fought for whistleblowers, both in the government as well as in the private sector.
I’ve authored updates to the False Claims Act, the IRS whistleblower program and other whistleblower laws. And just this year, I’ve helped almost 20 government whistleblowers get their jobs back.
Whistleblowers are the key to rooting out fraud, waste and abuse. That includes the private sector, not just the government sector.
On September 13, 2022, [as] Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee, I, along with Senator Durbin, held a hearing on these very issues.
A Twitter whistleblower at that time testified, disclosing to this committee that Twitter potentially exposed user...
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