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Jake Auchincloss: “Meta will be in the 21st century what the tobacco companies…”

Featuring: Jake Auchincloss, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, District 4

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One SouthCoast Chamber Breakfast with Congressman Jake Auchincloss

Published | Video Starts at 27:54

They are not motivated to assist banks and authorities in shutting the fraudsters down. Can you comment on the Scam Act? Yeah, we should pass it. I mean, Meta is. Meta will be in the 21st century what the tobacco companies were in the 20th century. It will be seen as an evil corporation and it's on so many aspects of its behavior, whether it's scams, whether it's exploitation of kids, whether it's enablement of sexual predators, whether it's corrosion of civil discourse. (27:54–27:59)

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Asserts that Meta will be viewed negatively like tobacco companies due to its practices.

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