Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee, led by Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, lambasted a top Twitter exec on Wednesday over alleged censorship of conservative users, with Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., accusing Twitter and Facebook of being "anything but transparent." And if we have tech companies using the power of monopoly to sanction political speech, I think that raises real antitrust issues." Hawley then asked Monje if Twitter would commit to a "third-party audit" of "potential bias" on the platform, a question Monje declined to answer. "This committee hearing again today shows that you’re anything but transparent, and you apparently have no interest in becoming transparent," Hawley said. Cruz announced that he would hold a separate hearing focused solely on Google at a later date.

Source: Fox News April 10, 2019 23:26 UTC