The top executives of Facebook and Twitter are set to appear before US lawmakers tomorrow for the second time in less than month for a fresh hearing on the hotly disputed role of social networks in US political debate.
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter’s Jack Dorsey are scheduled to appear remotely at the hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Both executives are testifying “voluntarily,” according to the panel.
Committee chair Senator Lindsey Graham called the session to address what he called “censorship and suppression of news articles” and the “handling of the 2020 election” by the platforms.
Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the House Financial Services Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC, on October 23, 2019. (MANDEL NGAN / AFP)
Graham says the panel will address the decision by both social platforms to limit circulation of New York Post articles which claimed to have exposed malfeasance by Democrat Joe Biden ahead of his election victory.
President Donald Trump and his allies have claimed the major social platforms have suppressed conservative voices, despite his own large following and prolific posting.
— AFP
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