CEOs from Twitter, Facebook, Google face grilling on moderating content

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Sen. Brian Shatz criticizes hearing with tech CEOs with less than a week until the election, saying 'what you're seeing today is an attempt to bully the CEOs of private companies into carrying out a hit job on a presidential candidate.'

, and Google CEO Sundar Pichai about whether changes should be made to a law that gives the companies broad freedom to choose if and how they moderate user-generated content on their platforms.CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg appears on a monitor as he testifies remotely during a Senate hearing to discuss reforming Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act with big tech companies, on Capitol Hill, Oct. 28, 2020 in Washington.

"For too long, social media platforms have hidden behind Section 230 protections to censor content that deviates from their beliefs,” said Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee Committee.In his opening statement, Dorsey defended Twitter's moderation policy, and urged Congress to be careful in making modifications to the law that could change the way speech is regulated on the platform.

Zuckerberg signaled willingness to work with Congress in modifying laws and regulations, but also defended Facebook as a force for good. He said he does not believe tech companies should be independently making decisions about content moderation, but urged senators to modify regulations in a way that promotes"the spirit" of Section 230 - allowing companies to continue to thrive.

 

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Brian is apparently a communist operative. Not allowing free speech & attempting to cover up corruption with foreign countries.

What do expect from the left? They aren’t being censored and want to keep it that way.

What a dope! DonTheCon is a disaster, all by himself.

No, actually you need to tear up your journalism degree. Did you report on the fake dossier? The fake impeachment? The fake smears on Kavanaugh? The fake Russian Collusion? Yep. Ugh

So it's okay the tech CEOs interfered in a pres election by suppressing actual facts abt Joe Biden using son to launder money from multiple corrupt foreign governments so JB can keep his hands 'clean'. Major campaign finance violations by big tech. Liberal criminal hypocrites

Amazing how he thinks censoring conservatives and the biggest story of this election is ok

ChristopherOrp1 His rhetoric and agitprop is deplorable. My next move is to Hawaii for the sole purpose to vite this rogue out of government

Wrong! The American people deserve to know about the candidates business! But it was ok to illegally share Trump’s tax info? Or to share private conversations of the First Lady? 😡😡😡 We May all be speaking Chinese & be censored if Harris/Biden are elected!

I am so glad that I don't have to get my news from ABC, I can look on C-Span and see it for myself and make my on judgement.These media giants need to be held accountable,because they are able to block information that they don't like. I am for free speech even those I don't like

What I'm seeing is a level censorship that is criminal and especially during an election.

No what you see is accountability. I don’t need tech to censor information, I don’t need a warning this may be confusing, I can read, think, research. Who are they to tell me what’s confusing, or what I can and cannot read. In the past they burned books, now they burn thoughts

No, I see the DNC colluding with Big Tech to censor all voices that don't support the DNC narrative. You should be ashamed of yourself for agreeing to block the New York Post story on Hunter Biden. Freedom of the press, only if it fits your narrative. ChinaBitchBiden

I've never seen such a good bullshitter as Brian Shatz say the exact opposite of what his piece of 💩 organization has been doing the whole time.

MSM & SM should be shouting the revelation of Joe Biden’s involvement in foreign pay to play against America. Whistleblower on TuckerCarlson with written & voice recorded EVIDENCE being ignored & suppressed - they’re complicit. DemocratsForTrump BlacksForTrump LEXIT Walkaway

They censored the New York Post!

One side says hit job, one side says revelation...

Miss information... BULL SHIT ..!

Sen. Brian Shatz means that the public should let the Big Tech manipulate the election-related information even though it is against the rights of voters?

What we're seeing is censoring and the fact they're screwing with elections.

The President and his Administration chose “NOT TO SLOW” the spread of coronavirus here in America “WASTING 8 MONTHS NOW” while other National Leaders have slow the spread and are safely reopen their countries. AS OF TODAY we are at 232,101 US DEATHS averaging OVER 800 per day!

This guy is a stooge. What's unprecedented is censorship.

Well, tech CEOs need to be put in place. It is not right for them to be the dictators on what content people can see. It is not right for them to censoring things that goes against their political affiliation. They are politically biased and shouldn't be interfering.

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