WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn issued the following news release:
U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) released the following statement after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before a jury for the first time in the landmark social media trial unfolding in Los Angeles. The plaintiffs have alleged that social media platforms are designed to harm and addict young users. Senator Blackburn's Kids Online Safety Act (https://www.blackburn.senate.gov/2025/5/technology/blackburn-blumenthal-thune-and-schumer-introduce-the-kids-online-safety-act), which now has 75 Senate co-sponsors, would require Big Tech companies to make platforms safe by design for minors by enacting a "duty of care."
"To no one's surprise, Mark Zuckerberg fo...