The subpoenas aim to force Mark Zuckerberg (of Facebook), Sundar Pichai (of Google) and Jack Dorsey (of Twitter) to testify about the legal immunity the law affords tech platforms under Section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934.
Washington The Senate Commerce Committee voted unanimously on Thursday to issue subpoenas to the CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter, in Washington's latest attack on Big Tech.
The subpoenas aim to force Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai and Jack Dorsey to testify about the legal immunity the law affords tech platforms under Section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934. That law, Republicans argue, unduly protects social media companies against allegations of anti-conservative censorship. There is little evidence such bias exists on a systemic basis. Democrats have argued tech platforms have failed to moderate enough content under the law.
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