Shadowing Practice: Zuckerberg and Senator Hawley clash in fiery child safety hearing - Learn English Speaking with YouTube

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Zuckerberg, let me start with you.
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Did I hear you say in your opening statement that there's no link between mental health and social media use?
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Senator, what I said is I think it's important to look at the science.
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I know it's people widely talk about this as if that is something that's already been proven.
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And I think that the bulk of the scientific evidence does not support that.
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Well, really, let me just remind you of some of the science from your own company.
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Instagram studied the effect of your platform on teenagers.
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Let me just read you some quotes from the Wall Street Journal's report on this company researchers found that Instagram is harmful for a sizable percentage of teenagers, most notably teenage girls.
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Here's a quote from your own study, quote, we make body image issues worse for one in three teen girls.
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Here's another quote, teens blamed Instagram.
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This is your study for increases in the rate of anxiety and depression.
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This reaction was unprompted and consistent across all groups.
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That's your study.
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Senator, we try to under understand the feedback and how people feel about the services.
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We can improve.
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Your own.
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Your own study says that you make life worse for one in three teenage girls.
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You increase anxiety and depression.
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That's what it says.
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And you're here testifying to us in public that there's no link.
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You've been doing this for years.
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For years you've been coming in public and testifying under oath that there's absolutely no link.
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Your product is wonderful.
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The science is nascent full speed ahead while internally you know full well your product is a disaster for teenagers.
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So you can write on doing what you're doing.
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Right.
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That's not true.
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That's not true.
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Let me let me let me show you some other facts I know that you're familiar with.
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Wait a minute.
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Wait a minute.
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Wait a minute.
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That's not a question.
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That's not a question.
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Those are facts, Mr.
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Zuckerberg.
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That's not a question.
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That's bizarre.
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Let me show you some more facts.
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Here are some here's some information from a whistleblower who came before the Senate, testified under oath in public.
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He worked for you.
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The senior executive.
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Here's what he showed.
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He found when he studied when he studied your products.
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So, for example, this is girls between the ages of 13 and 15 years old.
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37 percent of them reported that they had been exposed to nudity on the platform unwanted in the last seven days.
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24 percent said that they had experienced unwanted sexual advances.
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They've been propositioned in the last seven days.
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17 percent said they had encountered self harm content pushed at them in the last seven days.
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Now I know you're familiar with these stats because he sent you an email where he lined it all out.
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I mean, we've got a copy of it right here.
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My question is, who did you fire for this?
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Who got fired because of that?
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Senator, we study all this because it's important.
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We want to improve our service.
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Well, you just told me saying that you studied to be that there was no linkage.
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Who did you fire?
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I said you mischaracterized 37 percent of teenage girls between 13 and 15 were exposed to unwanted nudity Instagram.
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You knew about it.
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Who did you fire Senator?
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This is why we're building all who did you fire rules.
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Senator.
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That's I don't think that that's who did you fire.
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I'm not going to answer that.
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That's right?
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You didn't take any significant actions.
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It's appropriate to talk about it.
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Like it's not appropriate decisions.
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Do you know who's sitting behind you?
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You've got families from across the nation whose children are either severely harmed or gone.
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And you don't think it's appropriate to take a talk about steps that you took the fact that you didn't fire a single person.
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Let me ask you this.
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Let this.
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Let me ask you this.
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Have you compensated any of the victims?
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Sorry.
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Have you compensated any of the victims?
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These girls have you compensated them?
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I don't believe so.
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Why not?
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Don't you think they deserve some compensation for what your platform has done?
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Help with counseling services, help with dealing with the issues that your services caused.
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Our job is to make sure that we build tools to help keep people safe.
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Are you going to compensate them?
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Senator, our job and what we take seriously is making sure that we build industry living tools to find harmful to make money.
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Take it off the services to make money and to build tools that empower parents.
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So you didn't take any action.
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You didn't take any action.
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You didn't fire anybody.
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You haven't compensated a single victim.
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Let me ask you this.
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Let me ask you this.
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There's families of victims here today.
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Have you apologized to the victims?
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I Would you like to do so now?
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Well, they're here.
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You're on national national television.
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Would you like now to apologize to the victims who have been harmed by your product?
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Show them the pictures.
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Would you like to apologize for what you've done to these good people?
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I'm sorry, but I'm sorry.
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It's terrible.
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No one should actually go through the things that your families have suffered.
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And this is why we invested so much and are going to continue doing these streaming efforts to make sure that no one has to go through the types of things that your families have had to suffer.
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You know.
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Why, Mr Zuckerberg, why should your company not be sued for this?
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Why is it that you can claim you hide behind a liability shield?
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You can't be held accountable.
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Shouldn't you be held accountable personally?
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Will you take personal responsibility?
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Senator, I think I've already answered this.
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I mean, this is we'll try it again.
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Will you take personal responsibility?
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Senator, I view my job and the job of our company is building building the best tools that we can to keep our community safe.
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Well, you're failing at that.
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Well, Senator, we're doing an industry leading effort.
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We build a high tools that sense your product is killing people.
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Will you personally commit to compensating the victims?
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You're a billionaire.
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Will you commit to compensating the victims?
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We set up a compensation fund with your money.
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These are these are with your money.
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Senator, these are complicated.
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No, that's not a complicated question, though.
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That's a yes or no.
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Will you set up a victim's compensation fund with your money, the money you made on these families sitting behind you?
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Yes or no?
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Senator, I don't think that that's my job.
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It sounds like a no good tools.
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My job is to make sure that your job is to be responsible for what your company has done.
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You've made billions of dollars on the people sitting behind them.
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Are you here?
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You've done nothing to help them.
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You've done nothing to compensate them.
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You've done nothing to put it right.
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You could do so here today and you should.
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You should, Mr.
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Zuckerberg.
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Why practice speaking with this video?

Engaging with the heated exchange between Mr. Zuckerberg and Senator Hawley during the child safety hearing offers an excellent opportunity for English learners to practice their speaking skills in a real-world context. This setting showcases a formal debate filled with emotion and critical arguments, allowing learners to explore both sides of a contentious issue. By utilizing the shadowing technique, you can imitate the speakers’ intonation, rhythm, and expression, enhancing your ability to convey complex ideas clearly and persuasively.

Practicing with this video helps you develop important skills such as:

  • Confidence: The direct and assertive nature of the dialogue encourages you to speak boldly.
  • Critical Thinking: Analyzing the arguments presented prompts you to formulate and express your own opinions.
  • Public Speaking: The formal setting provides a great opportunity to practice clear communication and formal language.

By using a shadowing app or participating in a shadowspeaks group, you can further master these skills through repetition and practice.

Grammar & Expressions in Context

This video is rich with useful grammatical structures and expressions that enhance the clarity of the dialogue. Here are a few notable ones:

  • Conditional Statements: "If that is something that's already been proven," is an example of a present conditional structure. This kind of phrase helps to express hypothetical situations, an important aspect in debates.
  • Direct Address: Phrases like "Senator, what I said is..." demonstrate how speakers engage their audience directly, a useful technique in any speaking context.
  • Quantifying Statements: "A sizable percentage of teenagers..." shows how to use quantifiers effectively, which is essential when discussing statistics or studies.

Understanding and practicing these structures can significantly improve your conversational abilities, especially when discussing complex topics.

Common Pronunciation Traps

This video also highlights certain pronunciation challenges that English learners may encounter. Here are a few tips to navigate these traps:

  • Words like "Instagram" and "anxiety": Pay attention to the syllables and stress patterns. Breaking them down can help improve clarity.
  • Complex terms such as "proposition" and "unwanted": These words can be tricky; practicing them within the context of the dialogue can enhance your fluency.
  • Intonation Patterns: Notice how the speakers use varying pitches to convey emotion. Emulating these can make your speech sound more natural.

By consistently practicing these pronunciations and listening carefully, you can significantly improve your spoken English. Using a shadowing site to listen and repeat helps embed these sounds into your muscle memory.

What is the Shadowing Technique?

Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.

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