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World Business Report: First broadcast 31/01/2024 22:32 GMT : Tech bosses testify

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First broadcast 31/01/2024 22:32 GMT 

First broadcast 31/01/2024 22:32 GMT : Tech bosses testify

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Tech CEOs testify about online child sexual exploitation at US Senate

Five CEOs from major tech companies have testified at a Senate hearing about the protection of children from online sexual exploitation.

Mark Zuckerberg, Chief Executive of the owner of Facebook and Instagram finds himself under fire at the US Congress for not protecting children. Rahul Tandon finds out if this will it stop investment in tech companies?

The US Central Bank has announced that its keeping interest rates unchanged and still at a 22 year high. But will they come down in March?

And we hear why Universal Music Group is threatening to pull its vast music catalogue from social media app TikTok.

(Picture: Meta's CEO Mark Zuckerberg, X Corp's CEO Linda Yaccarino and TikTok's CEO Shou Zi Chew attend the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on online child sexual exploitation at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. January 31, 2024. Credit: REUTERS)

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