Biden accuses social media companies of exploiting children


US President Joe Biden walks from the podium after the State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on February 7, 2023. — Photo by Jacquelyn Martin/POOL/ AFP

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden called on US lawmakers Tuesday to restrict how social media companies lure children and collect their data, as he accused Big Tech of conducting a "for profit" experiment on the nation's youth.

"We must finally hold social media companies accountable for the experiment they are running on our children for profit," Biden said during his State of the Union Speech before a joint session of Congress.

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