Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg issues dramatic apology at Senate hearing on child safety

Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg was pushed to publicly apologise to the families of people who said they had been harmed by his social media platform, a dramatic moment in a heated congressional hearing over child safety online. Zuckerberg, whose Meta is the parent of popular platforms Facebook and Instagram, came under particular fire by irate lawmakers during Wednesday’s hearing before the Senate judiciary committee over whether social media companies have done enough to protect younger users from child predators, pornography and other harmful content.

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irate 发怒的（-ire 愤怒💢）

the Senate judiciary committee 参议院司法委员会

senate 参议院；立法机构（sen- = old）

judiciary 司法部

predator 掠夺者

sexual predator 性侵犯者

pornography 色情小说作家