The social media hearings in Congress. On Wednesday, a group of executives from Meta, TikTok, Snap, Discord, X (formerly known as Twitter), and other social media companies testified in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about the threats of social media and child exploitation. The hearing began with testimony from victims who said they or their children had been exploited on these platforms. Parents who had lost children to suicide held up photos of their children throughout the hearings.

You can read today's podcast ⁠⁠here⁠⁠, our “Under the Radar” story here and today’s “Have a nice day” story here.

You can also check out our latest YouTube video about misinformation and fake news that has spread like wildfire in the three months since Hamas’s attack on Israel and the subsequent fighting in Gaza here.

Today’s clickables: A few quick notes (0:52), Quick hits (2:29), Today’s story (5:01), Right’s take (7:56), Left’s take (11:59), Isaac’s take (15:39), Listener question (20:18), Under the Radar (23:10), Numbers (24:03), Have a nice day (24:59)

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