The congressional inquiry into how Russian propaganda influenced the outcome of the 2016 continues today, and representatives from tech powerhouses Facebook, Google and Twitter are all in Washington, D.C., to be questioned by the Senate Intelligence Committee and the House Intelligence Committee.
Google, Twitter and Facebook, all publicly traded companies, have been criticized in the past for being unclear about their practices, particularly Facebook and Twitter about how they handle content moderation. But being put under federal scrutiny will require them to lay out as clearly as possible what they know, and what they are going to do to fix the issue.
PBS NewsHour is streaming the hearings live on YouTube, which can be seen below:
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