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Senators Want Facebook and Twitter to Ignore Demands from Authoritarian Governments, Except Ours
Reason ^ | Robby Soave

Posted on 09/05/2018 11:45:18 AM PDT by OddLane

On Wednesday morning, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg appeared before the Senate Intelligence Committee to take questions from congressmen who spent most of the hearing demanding that the social media giants comply with U.S. government dictates while eschewing cooperation with any other government judged to be "authoritarian."

The senators were particularly concerned about foreign interference in U.S. elections. They wanted the social media companies to take firmer steps to prevent non-citizens from attempting to sway public opinion by creating fake accounts, spreading misinformation, or buying political ads...

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: congress; facebook; fascistbook; jackdorsey; markzuckerberg; zuckerberg

1 posted on 09/05/2018 11:45:18 AM PDT by OddLane
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I used to support legalization of those drugs that the isnnamed "Reason Magazine" supports; however, listening to the remarks of these Libertarians makes me believe that their minds are eaten out by these drugs; therefore, I no longer support drug legalizationl It is not for nnothing that Amm Coulter calls reefers retard sticks.
2 posted on 09/05/2018 11:55:16 AM PDT by Stepan12 (It is Civll War right now..)
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