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Sen. Cruz to Dorsey: 'Who the Hell Elected You'

29 Octobre, 2020, 23:44 | Auteur: Anatole Charbonneau
  • CEO Zuckerberg testifies at a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington

Dorsey said Twitter was working closely with state election officials.

Democrats focused their criticism mainly on hate speech, misinformation and other content that can incite violence, keep people from voting or spread falsehoods about the coronavirus.

Democratic Members of the Committee criticized the timing of the hearing, noting that it was six days before the election and could unethically affect the arc of the political debate.

Committee Chairman Roger Wicker opened the hearing by accusing tech companies of implementing an "apparent double standard" under Section 230 to the detriment of conservatives.

Proponents of Section 230 contend that the law is the foundation of free speech on the Internet.

An aide to Senator Ron Wyden, a Democrat from OR who originally co-authored Section 230, said the senator urges caution on steps that could limit free speech online. Critics in both parties say that immunity under Section 230 of the law enables the social media companies to abdicate their responsibility to impartially moderate content.

Cruz pointed out the New York Post is still blocked from tweeting from their account, to which Dorsey responded that the publication can regain access if they delete their original tweet, though he said they can then tweet "the exact same" article again afterward. Zuckerberg said he broadly supports legislative concepts aimed at boosting transparency on companies' content decisions.

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey argued that the legal provision that provides a liability shield should not be changed.

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Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., questioned why Twitter flagged some of Trump's tweets but did not take action on tweets from Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Independent studies of social media have found little credible evidence to suggest that the technology is biased against right-wing viewpoints.

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Under Mr Dorsey's leadership, the company has introduced several rules around what can and can't be posted on the social network over concerns that they could be used to influence voters and impact democracy.

Starting Tuesday, Facebook didn't accept any new political advertising.

Last week, the Justice Department sued Google for abusing its dominance in online search and advertising - the government's most significant attempt to protect competition since its groundbreaking case against Microsoft more than 20 years ago. He further stated that Google directs online traffic to news publishers, shares a majority of revenue back to publishers, and has pledged over $1 billion to publishers to license news content.

The companies have invoked the federal law - Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act - in one court case after another to dismiss potentially costly lawsuits over messages, videos and other content created by users. Members on both sides of the aisle have expressed a willingness to amend Section 230, but given the motivations for reform are very different, reaching bipartisan compromise on legislation may prove hard.

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