At the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing of Big Tech CEOs Wednesday, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) told Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg that he has “blood on his hands” and “a product that’s killing people.”
“Mr. Zuckerberg, you and the companies before us — I know you don’t mean it to be so — but you have blood on your hands. You have a product that’s killing people,” Graham said.
“When we had cigarettes killing people, we did something about it — maybe not enough. You’re going to talk about guns — we have the ATF. Nothing here. There’s not a damn thing anybody can do about it. You can’t be sued,” Graham added.
“Now, Sen. Blumenthal and Blackburn, who have been like the dynamic duo here, have found emails from your company where they warned you about this stuff, and you decided not to hire 45 people that could do a better job of policing this. So, the bottom line is, you can’t be sued. You should be. And these emails would be great for punitive damages,” Graham continued. “Of all the people in America we could give blanket liability protection to, this would be the last group I would pick. It is now time to repeal Section 230.”
