On Nov. 1, lawyers from Facebook, Google and Twitter faced persistent questions and criticism from the Senate Intelligence Committee about Russia's wide-reaching social media campaign to influence Americans. (Jenny Starrs/The Washington Post)Attorneys for tech giants Facebook, Twitter and Google appeared on Capitol Hill for the second day in a row on Wednesday, testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee about their efforts to prevent Russian meddling in U.S. politics. Rubio's premise was that if Facebook can do that, it ought to be able to filter out foreign propaganda, too. Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) suggested that Facebook, Twitter and Google ought to come up with a way to correct false information spread on their platforms — something akin to the corrections routinely made by news outlets. Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) on Nov. 1 displayed posts from a Facebook group operated by Russian operatives that pushed anti-Hillary Clinton content in the run-up to the 2016 election.

Source: Washington Post November 01, 2017 18:32 UTC