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Peter Welch: “The idea of a regulatory body is something that you can see…”

Featuring: Peter Welch, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Welch Questions Big Tech CEOs on Failure to Protect Children Online

Published | Video Starts at 07:35

All right, Mr. Spiegel. Senator, we'll continue to work with your team, and we'd certainly be open to exploring the right regulatory body for big technology. But The idea of a regulatory body is something that you can see has merit. Yes, Senator. And Mr. Sifrin. Yeah, we're very open to working with. With you and our peers and anybody on helping make the Internet a safer place. (07:35–07:41)

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Asserts that the concept of a regulatory body for big technology has merit.

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