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Jake Auchincloss: “They've made trillions of dollars by monetizing your…”

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

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Jake Auchincloss on social media regulations

Published | Video Starts at 02:43

And so we've got to raise the age of Internet adulthood to at least 16 years old. And then finally, yeah, we should tax their revenue. They play all these shell games, they avoid all the taxation, and They've made trillions of dollars by monetizing your children's attention span. and selling off their attention to the highest digital advertising bidder. And that money needs to go back into the American public. (02:43–02:55)

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Asserts that social media companies have profited significantly from monetizing children's attention.

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