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5 Takeaways From Big Tech's Misinformation Hearing

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Facebook Inc., speaks virtually during a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittees hearing. Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption

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Untangling Disinformation

5 Takeaways From Big Tech's Misinformation Hearing

The leaders of Facebook, Twitter, and Google were not eager to admit fault when it comes to bad information on their platforms, but it's clear Congress is getting closer to regulation.

5 Takeaways From Big Tech's Misinformation Hearing

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Facebook, Twitter, Google CEOs Testify Before Congress: 4 Things To Know

Google's Sundar Pichai, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter's Jack Dorsey face Congressional scrutiny over the spread of misinformation on their platforms. Michael Reynolds-Pool/Getty Images/Composite by NPR hide caption

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Untangling Disinformation

Facebook, Twitter, Google CEOs Testify Before Congress: 4 Things To Know

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Google's Sundar Pichai and Jack Dorsey of Twitter will testify about the steps they have taken to deal with misinformation about the election, COVID-19 and vaccines.

Facebook And Twitter Defend Election Policies To Skeptical Senators

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Technology

Facebook And Twitter Defend Election Policies To Skeptical Senators

The Senate Judiciary Committee grilled Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter's Jack Dorsey over how they handle false and misleading claims about the election, including from President Donald Trump.

Facebook And Twitter Defend Election Policies To Skeptical Senators

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Days Before Election, Tech CEOs Defend Themselves From GOP Accusations Of Censorship

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Technology

Days Before Election, Tech CEOs Defend Themselves From GOP Accusations Of Censorship

The chief executives of Facebook, Twitter and Google face skepticism from a Senate committee over their decisions about what content to allow and what to take down from their platforms.

Days Before Election, Tech CEOs Defend Themselves From GOP Accusations Of Censorship

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Facebook, Twitter, Google CEOs Testify To Senate: What To Watch For

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify on Wednesday before the Senate Commerce Committee about a legal shield known as Section 230. Jose Luis Magana, LM Otero, Jens Meyer/AP hide caption

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Technology

Facebook, Twitter, Google CEOs Testify To Senate: What To Watch For

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter's Jack Dorsey and Google's Sundar Pichai go before the Senate Commerce Committee to defend Section 230, a law that protects them from lawsuits over users' posts.

Facebook, Twitter, Google CEOs Testify To Senate: What To Watch For

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Jack Dorsey, Twitter's Eccentric CEO, Could Be Looking For A Job Soon

Jack Dorsey's dual roles as CEO of Twitter and Square is drawing pressure from an activist investor, which is pushing for changes at the social media company. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption

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Jack Dorsey, Twitter's Eccentric CEO, Could Be Looking For A Job Soon

Twitter's CEO Jack Dorsey is at risk of losing his job after a powerful investor is pushing for change. It thinks Dorsey, who is also CEO of another company, is not focused enough on Twitter.

Jack Dorsey, Twitter's Eccentric CEO, Could Be Looking For A Job Soon

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Twitter To Halt Political Ads, In Contrast To Facebook

Twitter will stop running political ads, CEO Jack Dorsey announced Wednesday. Online political ads pose "significant risks to politics," he tweeted. Denis Charlet/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Twitter To Halt Political Ads, In Contrast To Facebook

CEO Jack Dorsey announced that Twitter will stop running political ads, citing online ads' "significant risks to politics." Facebook has been criticized for allowing deceptive political ads.

Twitter To Halt Political Ads, In Contrast To Facebook

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Can You Believe It? On Twitter, False Stories Are Shared More Widely Than True Ones

An MIT study tracked 126,000 stories and found that false ones were 70 percent more likely to be retweeted than ones that were true. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption

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All Tech Considered

Can You Believe It? On Twitter, False Stories Are Shared More Widely Than True Ones

An MIT study tracked 126,000 stories and found that false ones were 70 percent more likely to be retweeted than ones that were true. Twitter is asking outside experts to help it deal with the problem.

Can You Believe It? On Twitter, False Stories Are Shared More Widely Than True Ones

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Twitter Permanently Suspends Conservative Writer For Targeted Abuse

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The Two-Way

Twitter Permanently Suspends Conservative Writer For Targeted Abuse

The suspension of Breitbart News editor Milo Yiannopoulos comes amid a recent campaign in which users tweeted hundreds of racist and abusive messages at Ghostbusters actress Leslie Jones.

It's All Politics

Obama Taking His Economic Message To Twitter Town Hall

When you're a U.S. president, you can never have too many followers. So it makes sense, then, that President Obama would eventually turn to that ultimate population of followers, the 140-character delimited Twitterverse by holding the first White House Twitter town hall Wednesday.At the event scheduled to start at 2 pm eastern time and "presented" by Twitter, people will be able to tweet their questions to the hashtag #AskObama.

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