Facebook and Twitter CEOs Defend Election Actions Before Senate
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We ran the numbers: There are 2087 news articles covering this topic. 69% (1434) are left leaning, 23% (493) are center, and 8% (160) are right leaning.
On Tuesday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee at a hearing titled “Breaking the News: Censorship, Suppression, and the 2020 Election.” While left-leaning articles highlight that Zuckerberg and Dorsey defended their efforts to reduce the spread of online disinformation about the presidential election, right-leaning articles highlight that Dorsey told lawmakers it was a “mistake” to censor acting commissioner of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Mark Morgan.
A left-leaning article by LA Times highlights that Zuckerberg and Dorsey defended their efforts to reduce the spread of online disinformation about the presidential election and the integrity of the U.S. voting system. Senate Republicans were particularly incensed about how Twitter and Facebook handled a published by the New York Post about emails between Biden’s son Hunter and leadership at the Ukrainian gas company Burisma.
CNBC published a centrist article reporting that Zuckerberg and Dorsey wrapped up their second Senate testimony in a month mostly unscathed. The senators’ questions reflected the stark division on viewpoints in content moderation.
A right-leaning article by Fox News highlights that Dorsey told lawmakers it was a “mistake” to censor acting commissioner of CBP Mark Morgan over a tweet touting the “400 miles of wall built at the border.” Twitter has previously faced a barrage of criticism from Republicans for alleged censorship of conservatives.
From the left
GOP senators berate Facebook, Twitter CEOs, who say they did the best they could during election
The LA Times
From the right
Twitter's Jack Dorsey says it was 'mistake' to censor CBP chief over border wall tweet
Fox News