A Senate committee convened social media executives to address how disinformation and extremist ideologies put the U.S. at risk.
, formerly known as Facebook Inc., owns Facebook and Instagram.) “This stuff was on your platforms for years, so it took you a long time to come to the conclusion,” Peters said. “You caught it, but not until 16% of the American people are part of this insidious theory.”
“To be very clear, we have no incentive to post this content, to promote it in any nature,” Mohan said in response.For several minutes, Senator Josh Hawley, a Republican from Missouri, grilled TikTok Chief Operating Officer Vanessa Pappas over whether members of the Chinese Communist Party had access to U.S. user data. Pappas said the Chinese government has never been given access to user data, but could not state whether the company’s employees in China are members of the communist party.
Earlier in the day, before the current executives appeared before the committee, former Facebook and Twitter executives sat on the panel, and warned Senators that these companies’ lack of transparency poses a danger to the U.S. “Today, you don’t know what’s happening at the platform. You have to trust the companies,” said Brian Boland, a former high-level Facebook executive“I lost my trust… I think we should move beyond trust to helping our researchers and journalists understand the platforms better.”
Near the end of the hearing none of the social media executives could provide data about how many engineers work on their platforms, one of many questions they were unable or unwilling to answer to the Senators’ satisfaction.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
NH Senate Primary, Too Close to Call, Tests Direction of GOPThe Republican contest for Senate in New Hampshire emerged Tuesday as a tight race between conservative Donald Bolduc and the more moderate Chuck Morse as the final primary night of the midterm season again tested the far right’s influence over the GOP. The closely watched Republican Senate primary was too close to call shortly before 10 p.m., according to NBC…
Read more »
Don Bolduc Projected as Winner of NH GOP Senate RaceDon Bolduc has been projected by NBC News as the winner of the hotly contested New Hampshire GOP Senate race. Both the GOP U.S. Senate battle and the 2nd District Congressional race had been too close to call until early Wednesday morning. Bolduc defeated Chuck Morse and will now face off against Democratic incumbent Maggie Hassan in November. Republicans see…
Read more »
Colorado GOP Senate Nominee Says Trump Lost. Does That Make Him a Moderate?.Philip_Elliott: Colorado's Joe O'Dea is running as a moderate. But he speaks favorably of Ron DeSantis, the Trumpiest alternative to Trump in 2024
Read more »
Republicans And Democrats Agree Social Media Needs Regulation. But They're No Closer to Doing Anything About ItA Senate committee convened social media executives to address how disinformation and extremist ideologies put the U.S. at risk.
Read more »