The hearing "must be constructive and focused on what matters
most to the American people: how we work together to protect elections,"
Twitter said in a tweet in its policy channel.
The CEOs of
technology giants Facebook,
Google and Twitter are expected to testify for an October 28 Senate hearing on
tech companies' control over hate speech and misinformation on their platforms.
The Senate
Commerce Committee voted last week to authorize subpoenas for Facebook CEO
Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai of Google and Twitter's Jack Dorsey to force
them to testify if they didn't agree to do so voluntarily.
Spokespeople for
the companies said Monday that the CEOs will cooperate.
The hearing “must
be constructive and focused on what matters most to the American people: how we
work together to protect elections,” Twitter said in a tweet in its policy
channel.
The hearing will
come less than a week before Election Day.
It marks a new
bipartisan initiative against Big Tech companies, which have been under
increasing scrutiny in Washington and from state attorneys general over issues
of competition, consumer privacy and hate speech.
The executives'
testimony is needed “to reveal the extent of influence that their companies
have over American speech during a critical time in our democratic process,”
said Sen. Roger Wicker, a Mississippi Republican who heads the Commerce
Committee.
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