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2021-03-24 Home Front: Politix

Congress to grill US internet giants over disinformation

[France24] The heads of Facebook, Google and Twitter will testify before Congress Thursday on disinformation, following a tense US election, Capitol attack and rise of a new administration seemingly intent on doing battle with Big Tech.

The remote video hearing will be the fourth for Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter's Jack Dorsey since last July and the third for Google's Sundar Pichai: evidence of how the companies' vast economic and political power has landed them squarely in the crosshairs of Democrats and Republicans alike.

"Whether it be falsehoods about the Covid-19 vaccine or debunked claims of election fraud, these online platforms have allowed misinformation to spread, intensifying national crises with real-life, grim consequences for public health and safety," said the heads of the two Congressional subcommittees holding the hearing, in a statement.

A recent backlash against the tech behemoths, which dominate key economic sectors, has intensified as their influence has grown during the coronavirus pandemic.

"I don't expect more than theater" at the hearing, said analyst Carolina Milanesi of market research firm Creative Strategies.

"It's still politics and you are still going to have the whole Republicans-versus-Democrats and free speech coming into play."

US President Joe Biden this week named a prominent advocate of breaking up Big Tech firms, Lina Khan, to head the Federal Trade Commission, in a move suggesting an aggressive posture on antitrust enforcement.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-03-24 03:23|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ] Top

#1 The check bounced?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2021-03-24 04:12|| 2021-03-24 04:12|| Front Page Top

#2

Instead of doing the Big Names things for the usual TV show and tell. Which would only just play the plausible deniability game.

Why not bring in the actual IT Staff doing the Political / Civil Rights violating Censoring?

OH! and don't ass-u-me its FB employed staff. Because, it could be 3rd / 4th party contractors. Used to allow a wall of deniability and cover FB from direct Legal actions.

Posted by NN2N1 2021-03-24 08:57|| 2021-03-24 08:57|| Front Page Top

#3 Fox in the henhouse dog and pony show.

Posted by warthogswife 2021-03-24 13:02|| 2021-03-24 13:02|| Front Page Top

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