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Senate committee set to subpoena CEOs of Google, Facebook, Twitter over
Section 230
- The Senate Commerce Committee will subpoena the CEOs of Google (GOOG
+1.5%, GOOGL+1.5%), Facebook (FB+0.9%) and Twitter (TWTR-3.5%) to
testify at an Oct. 1 hearing about Section 230 - the protection from
liability the tech industry enjoys over content on its platforms.
- The committee has issued invitations to the executives (Sundar Pichai,
Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey) but, failing a response by tonight, it
will issue subpoenas.
- That deadline could be objected to by the committee's ranking minority
member, Sen. Maria Cantwell.
- Politico reports that it's not clear when the invitations were sent to
CEOs but it was indicated they went out before a Monday staff meeting -
suggesting the leaders haven't issued a speedy acceptance.
- The Trump administration has suggested that the liability protections
need to be revisited, over what President Trump sees as bias against
conservatives.
- Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has also suggested Section
230 may need a new look, but for a different reason (the flow of
misinformation on social media).
|Today, 12:04 PM|45 Comments
Senate committee set to subpoena CEOs of Google, Facebook, Twitter over
Section 230
- The Senate Commerce Committee will subpoena the CEOs of Google (GOOG
+1.5%, GOOGL+1.5%), Facebook (FB+0.9%) and Twitter (TWTR-3.5%) to
testify at an Oct. 1 hearing about Section 230 - the protection from
liability the tech industry enjoys over content on its platforms.
- The committee has issued invitations to the executives (Sundar Pichai,
Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey) but, failing a response by tonight, it
will issue subpoenas.
- That deadline could be objected to by the committee's ranking minority
member, Sen. Maria Cantwell.
- Politico reports that it's not clear when the invitations were sent to
CEOs but it was indicated they went out before a Monday staff meeting -
suggesting the leaders haven't issued a speedy acceptance.
- The Trump administration has suggested that the liability protections
need to be revisited, over what President Trump sees as bias against
conservatives.
- Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has also suggested Section
230 may need a new look, but for a different reason (the flow of
misinformation on social media).
|Today, 12:04 PM|45 Comments
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