Joe Allen

The parents are there.

They're looking right at them.

As Kathy Castor, who's a Democrat and a lib to the nth degree, noted that the parents weren't invited to speak.

The parents weren't there testifying.

Instead, you had trade association types and others who, by and large,

did not carry the same potency as a real life story.

Again, I think that it just shows you that as they're floundering for years to determine what do you do about online platforms that are allowing for mass child trafficking and exploitation?

What do you do about AI bots that just overtly lure kids into self-destructive behavior?

well you argue about it and meanwhile bereaved parents are watching in frustration and parents whose children are still alive and parents who are extremely concerned about them can't look to the government for any assistance it's strictly up to them and their communities

I think that it just shows that the real power is in the hands of the people who are making the choices.

And to the extent that any state apparatus is going to protect people, it should probably be decentralized.

It should probably be specific to the places and the people that are intended to be protected.

And so in places like Florida...

In places like California, you're going to have very different approaches to this, but at least there is the freedom, so to speak, to restrict these tech companies and hold them liable.

As for the parents, though, Steve, last night, it was really, really rattling to look into their eyes and hear the stories, but also see that frustration that they feel like they're pouring all this energy into this and nothing is being done for them by the federal government.

But I do believe that with the striking of the language in the NDAA, they also had a huge victory today.

Huge.

Joe, your social media, where do people go?

At J-O-E-B-O-T-X-Y-Z.

All social media and Jobot.xyz.