Facebook, Twitter execs testify

Facebook, Twitter execs testify

Carmel Melouney Carmel Melouney

Carmel Melouney

Director, Communications at Powerhouse

Published Sep 4, 2018
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Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey offered assurances to members of Congress during hearings Wednesday, outlining steps their companies have taken to fend off foreign manipulation of their platforms during U.S. elections, as well as to prevent anti-conservative bias. But Sen. Mark Warner, the panel’s top Democrat, said more needs to be done by the companies and, ultimately, through regulation. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, meanwhile, said he’d meet with state attorneys general Sept. 25 to discuss concerns that the tech companies were engaging in anticompetitive behavior by “stifling the free exchange of ideas on their platforms.”


  • Google parent Alphabet declined to send a top executive to Wednesday's hearings — a fact demonstrated by a placard for the company placed in front of an empty chair and repeatedly referenced by senators.

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    Aaron Smith

    Director of Data Labs, Pew Research Center

    As executives from Facebook and Twitter testify on the Hill today, new findings from a Pew Research Center survey of U.S. adults highlight the sometimes-fraught relationship that users can have with the social platforms in their lives. Our first report (available at https://lnkd.in/eZV3nM2) highlights the uncertainty Facebook users have towards the site’s news feed. Many users do not understand how the news feed operates, while few feel they have control over the content it delivers or have tried to influence it themselves. Our second report highlights the large share of users – especially younger adults – who have taken steps to adjust their privacy settings, download their personal data, or simply disconnect from the site for a period of time over the last year. For more on those findings, see: https://lnkd.in/e5tRVyn.

    Americans are changing their relationship with Facebook

    Americans are changing their relationship with Facebook

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