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Mike Kennedy: “Until a class action lawsuit was brought against Meta that…”

Featuring: Mike Kennedy, Republican | U.S. House Utah, 3rd Congressional District

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Rep. Mike Kennedy speaks on the Algorithm Accountability Act

Published | Video Starts at 02:07

And it's going to lead them down a path that may lead to self harm, that, that these big tech companies will be accountable for that. Which is, I think something that's common sense. But sadly we know that Until a class action lawsuit was brought against Meta that they, they were hiding the fact that these, they knew these algorithms were creating depression and anxiety and especially our young people. And they, they weren't willing to come public with that until a class action lawsuit made them come public with that. (02:07–02:22)

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Asserts that Meta was aware their algorithms were causing depression and anxiety but did not disclose this until a lawsuit.

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