WASHINGTON (February 1, 2024)— Yesterday, Big Tech CEO’s took to Senate to discuss online child safety. This hearing was to further understand the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis. Executives from Meta, TikTok, Snap, Discord and X testified.
For more context on the matter, please consider Dr. Mary Anne Franks, Eugene L. and Barbara A. Bernard Professor in Intellectual Property, Technology, and Civil Rights Law at the George Washington University Law School. Franks is an international expert on the intersection of civil rights, free speech, and technology. Dr. Franks is the President and Legislative & Tech Policy Director of the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative, a nonprofit organization dedicated to combating online abuse and discrimination. In 2013, she drafted the first model criminal statute on nonconsensual pornography (“revenge porn”), and is an author of the “Shield Act”
Dr. Mary Anne Franks sat down with GW Media Relations Specialist to explain this hearing, which can be viewed here. If you wish to speak with Dr. Mary Anne Franks, please contact Shannon at [email protected].
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