Washington, May 14 (IANS) Grieving parents who lost children to viral online challenges and fentanyl-laced drugs delivered emotional testimony before a Senate panel as lawmakers intensified pressure on Big Tech companies over child safety failures.The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law hearing on Wednesday (local time) focused on recent landmark verdicts in California and New Mexico that found social media companies liable for harms linked to addictive platform desi…
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Washington, March 4 (IANS) US senators warned that child sexual abuse images are being shared globally on a scale that outpaces victim identification, as a mother told a Senate hearing her daughter’s abuse material is “still online” more than 25 years later, and lawmakers pressed for tougher action against offenders and online platforms.At a Congressional hearing on this issue, Senator Josh Hawley said the issue concerns “children who are being exploited” and “children whose abuse ha…