Whitmer calls for social media companies’ accountability, federal regulation at ‘Hard Reset’ summit

By: Katherine Dailey

Outlets: Michigan Advance

Published: April 8, 2026

Words: 961

Last Updated: 3 months, 3 weeks ago

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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer called on Congress to enact federal regulations on social media companies and emphasized a need for greater accountability from those companies at a summit on tech accountability in East Lansing on Tuesday.

“For too long, the internet has operated with very few guardrails, but thanks to all of you, we see that this trend is coming to a halt,” Whitmer said. “We’ve seen that these corporations are not an unstoppable force …

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