Chief executives of Facebook and Twitter quizzed by judiciary committee on allegations of anti-conservative bias and handling of election
Now Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois is speaking. He’s got some strong words for his Republican colleagues who called for the hearing today, saying there are probably more important issues that could be addressed at this point in time.
We live in a dangerous world: there are issues of national security, the worst pandemic public health crisis in modern times in America, and we’re being challenged as to whether there is going to be a peaceful transition of power in America’s presidency. At that moment in time, we decided none of those topics were important, and that what was important was to determine whether or not, social media was discriminating against Republicans.
Senator Ted Cruz has entered the chat.
He accuses Democrats of not speaking out enough against the “censorship” of free press. He is asking Dorsey about specific cases and specific content and asking him if they would violate Twitter’s policies. He asks how many times Twitter has moderated Republican content, which assumes anyone can determine based on a user’s tweet their political leaning and quantify that for Congress.
Ironically, what Cruz is saying right now is sort of exactly what would happen if lawmakers gut Section 230. He'll have to call @jack and ask if each tweet will clear legal review before he can tweet it.
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Originally posted in the guardian.
