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Peter Welch: “We're identifying concrete things that can be done in four…”

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 00:32

There is a consensus today that didn't exist, say, 10 years ago that there is a profound threat to children, to mental health, to safety. There's not a dispute that was in debate before. That's a starting point. Secondly, We're identifying concrete things that can be done in four different areas. One is industry standards, two is legislation, three are the courts. And then four is a proposal that Senator Bennett, Senator Graham, myself and Senator Warren have to establish an agency, a governmental agency whose responsibility would be to engage in this on a systematic, regular basis with proper resources. (00:32–00:48)

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