Facebook accused of co-ordinating censorship with Google & Twitter as CEOs ripped for ‘SILENCING Republicans’
FACEBOOK was accused of colluding with Google and Twitter to "censor" users as the CEOs were ripped for supposedly "silencing Republicans."
The Senate Judiciary Committee's virtual hearing kicked off on Tuesday morning and saw senators question Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and CEO about their practices.
Pro-Trump Senator Ted Cruz quizzed Dorsey about "censoring" the 's about Hunter Biden and silencing GOP members.
Democratic Senator Mazie Hirono of pointed out that President and other GOP members had "lied" about baseless claims of voter fraud and the election being "rigged" online.
After raising the issues of "silencing" and "tracking users" during the hearing, Senator Josh Hawley reiterated these claims on after tweeting a screenshot of the tracking tool Facebook uses.
Facebook told Fox Business that the company used Tasks as a to-do-list while Google and Twitter have yet to comment. The company also said they used Centra to aid probes into complex subjects.
The docudrama features tech experts who warn against against the perils of social media and data mining.
Zuckerberg said he was "familiar with it" while Dorsey admitted that "no, I have not."
"I would encourage both of you to see it," Lindsay told them during the tense exchange, which went on for over three hours.
The violent clash between armed counter protesters and demonstrators culminated in Kyle Rittenberg, 15, allegedly killing two protesters and injuring a third.
Senator , who proposed the Honest Ad Act, flagged with Zuckerberg that there was an on his platform, claiming ballots for Trump had been thrown out in "three battleground states."
The former Democratic presidential nominee said this American Action News advertisement ran from September 29 to October and made 200,000 impressions.
Blumenthal asked Zuckerberg if he told employees that Bannon had not violated enough policies to be banned.
He also asked the businessman if Facebook used the Onavo Protect data to mine people's WhatsApp data.
Meanwhile, GOP Senator John Cornyn III said he was concerned that big tech could regulate online speech.
He too quizzed Dorsey about the Hunter Biden "Ukraine, sex, and crack" scandal, who admitted it was a "mistake" to disallow people from sharing it.
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He said initially, they thought it was in violation of their terms of service regarding hacked materials.
When Senator Feinstein asked how long it took for misinformation about voting or the election to be flagged, Dorsey said anywhere from five to 30 minutes.