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Sen. Marcia Blackburn, R-Tenn., told tech executives testifying on kids safety online on Tuesday that they can't afford to let dangerous content for youth to continue on their platforms. "For too long we have allowed platforms to promote and glorify dangerous content for its kids and teen users," she said. "You're parents. How can you allow this?" she asked, later adding: "If it were your child, what would you do .... does it matter to you?"

Blackburn, the ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security, was among the lawmakers who questioned tech executives about their practices Tuesday. Michael Beckerman, a TikTok vice president and head of public policy for the Americas; Leslie Miller, vice president for government affairs and public policy of YouTube’s owner Google; and Jennifer Stout, vice president for global public policy of Snapchat parent Snap Inc., all testified before the subcommittee.

She also raised concerns about how the companies were collecting and using data collected from young consumers online.

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