Senate panel to hear from Twitter, Facebook next week

To look at how social media companies are responding to foreign influence operations


Reuters August 30, 2018
The Twitter application is seen on a phone screen August 3, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

WASHINGTON: The Senate intelligence committee said on Wednesday it would hold a hearing next week to look at how social media companies are responding to foreign influence operations, with testimony expected from top executives of Twitter, Facebook, and Alphabet.

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Senators Richard Burr and Mark Warner said in a statement the committee hearing would take place on September 5, with Jack Dorsey, Twitter chief executive, and Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook chief operating officer, in attendance. It said Larry Page, Alphabet chief executive, also had been invited.

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