{"id":867628,"date":"2021-10-11T11:29:33","date_gmt":"2021-10-11T15:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=867628"},"modified":"2021-10-11T11:29:34","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T15:29:34","slug":"sen-blumenthal-facebook-pr-campaign-nothing-but-bromides-platitudes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-blumenthal-facebook-pr-campaign-nothing-but-bromides-platitudes\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Blumenthal: Facebook PR campaign nothing but bromides, platitudes"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsen-blumenthal-facebook-pr-campaign-nothing-but-bromides-platitudes%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=867628&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2545866\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2545866\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Subcommittee chairman Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., questions former Facebook employee and whistleblower Frances Haugen during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, in Washington. (Drew Angerer\/Pool via AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 7:31 AM PT \u2013 Monday, October 11, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Sen. Richard Blumenthal (R-Conn.) has continued his attacks on social media giant Facebook. In a series of tweets Sunday, Blumenthal derided Facebook Vice President of Global Affairs, Nick Clegg for his appearances on several corporate media news outlets.<\/p>\n<p>Blumenthal said even through Clegg\u2019s talk and \u201ccrocodile tears,\u201d the world now knows the company pushed destructive content to kids only to make more money. The Connecticut Democrat added, the Big Tech giant\u2019s words don\u2019t match its actions.&nbsp; He cited its calls to regulate Big Tech companies, but propensity towards fighting Congress with millions-of-dollars and armies of lobbyists and lawyers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If Facebook is serious about helping to keep our kids safe online, it will cancel Instagram Kids, release its research, &amp; support Mark Zuckerberg coming to my Commerce subcommittee to back real reforms, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenMarkey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SenMarkey<\/a> &amp; my KIDS Act &amp; children\u2019s privacy legislation.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Richard Blumenthal (@SenBlumenthal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenBlumenthal\/status\/1447249065121562636?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Blumenthal compared Facebook\u2019s actions to that of Big Tobacco. However, Clegg claimed the comparison was a mischaracterization.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s an extremely misleading analogy, of course we are not,\u201d stated the Facebook official. \u201cWe are a social media app that many, many people around the world use because it brings utility, it helps small businesses, it brings joy, it brings pleasure, it connects you with people that you care about and love the most. That\u2019s what Facebook\u2019s about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Clegg also claimed the company is working on ways to steer kids way from negative content.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to introduce news controls for adults of teens, on an optional basis obviously, so that adults can supervise what their teens are doing online,\u201d he explained. \u201cSecondly, we\u2019re going to introduce something, which I think will make a considerable difference. Which is where our systems see that a teenager is looking at the same content over and over again, and it\u2019s content which may not be conducive to their well being. We will nudge them to look at other content.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Facebook PR campaign started in response to testimony from whistleblower Frances Haugen in front of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee last week in which she described the dubious policies of Facebook. Haugen warned lawmakers about the company\u2019s lax content policing, which she said is harming teens and kids.<\/p>\n<p>Senators were shook-up over the testimony with many vowing to overhaul efforts to reform social media companies and regulate their content.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe that the time for conversation is done; the time for action is now,\u201d stated&nbsp;Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) \u201cBasically for so long the social media companies have been saying, and the other tech platforms, \u2018trust us, we got this.\u2019 Well look where we are now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Blumenthal added, if Facebook really wants to help keep kids safe on its platform then the company needs to release its research and pressure CEO Mark Zuckerberg into working with lawmakers to enact real child privacy laws.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/america-the-age-of-woke\/\">America: The Age Of Woke<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Subcommittee chairman Sen. 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