Katie Couric Instagram – 🚨 The chief executives of the nation’s top social media companies were grilled on Wednesday on Capitol Hill over child safety, with the tech leaders seeking to defend their companies from accusations that they’ve failed to protect kids from exploitation and abuse. At @senatorhawley’s urging, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg stood to apologize to the families in the hearing room who said their children were harmed by social media use. “I’m sorry for everything you have all been through,” he said. “No one should go through the things that your families have suffered and this is why we invest so much and we are going to continue doing industry-wide efforts to make sure no one has to go through the things your families have had to suffer.” Mary Rodee, a parent advocate in the audience, called Zuckerberg’s comments at the hearing “really weak.” “If he really wants to apologize to me then answer any of my letters or contacts from any attorneys or anybody else the whole time since my kid died three years ago,” Rodee told The Hill. Rodee said her son, Riley Basford, died by suicide when he was 15 after he was a victim of sexual exploitation on Facebook Messenger. 🎥: @cspan