Mark Zuckerberg apologizes to families over social media harms in contentious Senate hearing

What we covered here

• What happened: The Senate Judiciary Committee grilled the chief executives of five big tech companies, including Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, about potential harms from their products on teens.
• Zuckerberg apologized: Zuckerberg stood to apologize to the families in the hearing room, saying: “I’m sorry for everything you have all been through. No one should go through the things that your families have suffered and this is why we invest so much and we are going to continue doing industry wide efforts to make sure no one has to go through the things your families have had to suffer.”
• What safety advocates are saying: With growing claims that social media can hurt young users, including worries that it risks driving them to depression or even suicide, some online safety advocates at the hearing said the apologies from tech executives fell far short.