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Why were Meta and TikTok grilled by the US Senate?

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Meta's CEO Mark Zuckerberg, X Corp's CEO Linda Yaccarino,TikTok's CEO Shou Zi Chew and Discord's CEO Jason Citron are sworn in during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on online child sexual exploitation at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 31, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein(Reuters: Evelyn Hockstein)

Some of the biggest tech CEOs such as Mark Zuckerberg and TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew were questioned for almost four hours by US senators from both parties. So how did anything change from this meeting? 

Also, some Fitbit users are blaming software update for leaving many devices unusable. and what are UK Labour's plans for AI firms to share their technology’s test data. 

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Seamus Byrne, Head of Content at Byteside. 

Anghrad Yeo, Game for Anything Podcast. 

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