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Brian Schatz: “The more they addict your kid, the more money they make.”

Featuring: Brian Schatz, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Hawaii

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Brian Schatz Backs Legislation To Create Minimum Age Threshold For Social Media Usage

Published | Video Starts at 01:42

And their profit motive, we all know this. The longer they linger, the more eyeballs, the more revenue, the more money, the more profitability. And so The more they addict your kid, the more money they make. And these things are more powerful than a 14 year old's brain. They just are. (01:42–01:46)

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Asserts that tech companies profit from increasing children's addiction to their platforms.

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