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Mark Zuckerberg , CEO and founder of Meta , comment in today’sSenate earshot on children ’s online safetythat teenagers should be capable to be creators and share their content wide .
Senator Mazie Hirono ( D - HI ) questioned Zuckerberg about Meta ’s privacy controls for stripling . On Instagram , for model , teen under 16 — or 18 in some land — have their accountsautomatically set to privatewhen they join the platform . But teenagers can toggle these safety measuring rod to make their account statement public at any time .
“ Yes , we default teens into a private write up so they can have a private and qualified experience , ” Zuckerberg told the senator . “ But some teens want to be creators and want to have content that they share more broadly , and I do n’t think that ’s something that should just blanketly be censor . ”
Research has depict that becoming a contented creator is a pipe dream for many young Americans . In 2019 , Morning Consult reported that86 % of teenswould view trying to become an influencer , and that influencers held as much tilt as traditional celebrities . For example , as many teen were familiar with the creator PewDiePie as they were with NBA caption LeBron James . When Lego survey 3,000 children in 2019 , the toy party found that “ vlogger ” was amore popular dream jobfor shaver than “ astronaut . ”
Some of the most successful creators started out when they were teenager , like 19 - yr - old Charli D’Amelio , a self - made millionaire whose family now has its ownventure capital fund . MrBeast , another of the world ’s gamey garner creators , began posting on YouTube when he was 13 .
“ There have been a lot of teenager creating awesome thing , and I think with the right oversight and parenting and controls . . . I do n’t think that ’s the type of thing that you want to not grant anyone to be able to do , ” Zuckerberg said .
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Zuckerberg is one of five tech chief executive officer who bear witness before Congress about children ’s on-line safety machine on Wednesday , let in X ’s Linda Yaccarino , Discord ’s Jason Citron , Snap ’s Evan Spiegel , and TikTok ’s Shou Chew .
CEOs from Meta , TikTok , Snap , X and Discord head to Congress for kids ’ on-line safety hearing
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