WASHINGTON—Lawmakers on Wednesday warned at a hearing featuring executives from three technology giants that they are considering stricter regulations on social-media platforms, expressing deep concern about the tech companies’ failures at preventing foreign actors from using such platforms to amplify political tensions during the 2016 election and beyond. Officials from Facebook Inc., Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Twitter Inc. appeared on Capitol Hill on Wednesday for a second day of grilling from members of Congress, answering...

Source: Wall Street Journal November 01, 2017 18:12 UTC