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Josh Hawley: “These companies are exploiting children. These companies…”

Featuring: Josh Hawley, Republican | U.S. Senate Missouri

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Senator Hawley, Senator Durbin, and NM AG Raúl Torrez call on Congress to hold Big Tech accountable.

Published | Video Starts at 29:34

I would just add to that, that when you have 12 jurors, 24, if you take both states, 12 jurors in two different states, who look at the facts and say, These companies are exploiting children. These companies have deliberately designed their products to addict kids, to rip off kids, to destroy their mental health, and to make billions of dollars in so doing. When you've got ordinary Americans, you can't hold back that tide forever. Judgment is coming. It has come in those two cases. It's going to come here to the Capitol. (29:34–29:46)

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Asserts that companies design products to exploit and harm children for profit.

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