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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,646 posts)
Tue Nov 17, 2020, 01:51 PM Nov 2020

'You're the ultimate editor,' Jack Dorsey and Mark Zuckerberg lashed by Republicans and Democrats in

Source: USA Today

Senate hearing

Republicans accused Facebook and Twitter of meddling in the election to harm President Donald Trump by censoring conservatives with warnings on GOP tweets about mail-in balloting.

Democrats criticized their failure to rein in Trump's efforts to delegitimize the election and took aim at their GOP colleagues for putting on a “political sideshow” to browbeat two of the nation’s leading technology CEOs.

The bipartisan grilling from lawmakers before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday – the second virtual appearance from Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter’s Jack Dorsey in less than three weeks – reflected growing and collective ire about "Big Tech."

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham opened the hearing with a call to reform Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/youre-the-ultimate-editor-jack-dorsey-and-mark-zuckerberg-lashed-by-republicans-and-democrats-in-senate-hearing/ar-BB1b6aug?li=BBnb7Kz

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'You're the ultimate editor,' Jack Dorsey and Mark Zuckerberg lashed by Republicans and Democrats in (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2020 OP
Of course, Cruz is still on FB and Twitter..He's worse than Trump! LeftInTX Nov 2020 #1
Okay...since you brought it up Lindsay pecosbob Nov 2020 #2

pecosbob

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2. Okay...since you brought it up Lindsay
Tue Nov 17, 2020, 08:12 PM
Nov 2020

We'll revamp the communications Decency Act, only not the way you'd want.

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