According to reports, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (Mark Zuckerberg) said at the Senate Commerce Committee hearing today that Facebook discovered six months ago that it was related to the kidnapping of Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitme. activity.
At the call of the Senate Commerce Committee, Zuckerberg, Google CEO Sundar Pichai (Sundar Pichai) and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey (Jack Dorsey) went to the Senate to testify tonight on Article 230 of the Communications Standards Act.
In the Q&A session, Twitter CEO Dorsey said that as long as it is in good faith, deleting content on the platform should be allowed. But Republican lawmakers do not believe that this is done in good faith, and this needs to be changed. In addition, he also talked about the transparency of decision-making, the ability to appeal decisions, and even allow users to choose how to display their content based on external algorithms.
Dorsey pointed out that Twitter has taken a step to make its algorithm more transparent. He supports the view put forward by a researcher to rank and filter its content with third parties. Dorsey called it “an incredibly inspiring idea.”
So far, people have not reacted violently to the CEO’s statement. All three stocks have fallen by more than 4%, while the S&P 500 index has also fallen by 2.8%, because Europe is again worried about the surge in the number of new crown pneumonia infections.
Both Zuckerberg and Google CEO Pichai talked about their company’s efforts to help people register to vote and find poll information. Zuckerberg said that Facebook has hired more than 35,000 people in trust and safety work. He is studying Facebook’s advertising and election integrity policies. Zuckerberg said: “I am proud of the work we have done to support democracy.”
The president’s tweets are more potentially harmful
The chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee Roger Wicker asked Dorsey how did Twitter determine which tweets were labeled as false or misleading? Dorsey said: “Our purpose of labeling is to provide more background information.”
Wickel accused Twitter of using double standards when verifying information. Dorsey did not directly answer this question, but he defended Twitter’s decision to label Trump’s tweets as fact-checking. Dorsey said that when it comes to law enforcement, the platform will assess the offline impact of this tweet.
Wickel seems to use some examples to illustrate the inconsistencies in Twitter’s implementation of its policies. Dorsey said that offline injury is one of the factors they use when deciding whether to issue a warning on a particular tweet. He didn’t say that directly, but the implication was that a tweet from a president with millions of followers is more potentially harmful than an anonymous user.
Facebook found signs of kidnapping six months ago
Democratic Senator Gary Peters of Michigan cited the kidnapping conspiracy that targeted Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitme as an example of “offline harm.”
Zuckerberg replied that Facebook does ban white supremacist groups. He said: “We ban them. We treat them as terrorist organizations.”
Peters asked how many violent threats Facebook had voluntarily mentioned to officials. Zuckerberg replied that he did not know this number, but said that Facebook is doing more. He said that Facebook discovered activities related to Governor Whitmer six months ago.
Congressman Gardner (Gardner) asked whether Twitter is actively monitoring accounts that it believes is spreading misleading information. All three CEOs said that this is a reasonable approach.
The hearing has a political purpose
Senator Amy Klobuchar, Democratic Senator of Minnesota, believes that the Republicans held this hearing six days before the presidential election to politicize the issue.
Regarding the Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuit against Google, Klobuchar said that Google CEO Pichai’s response to the Justice Department was “offensive”.
Republican Senator John Thune from South Dakota wanted Facebook to provide information about content that was “suppressed” in the past few years and asked Zuckerberg to provide a complete list of newspaper articles that the platform prohibited or restricted distribution.
Zuckerberg said he will follow up with Thun on this information. Dorsey said he was willing to submit a list.
Thun asked whether users should get “due process” in how to treat their content? So far, Dorsey seems to have gone further than Zuckerberg and Pichai in establishing a more transparent system.
Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut accused the Republicans of holding this hearing to “intimidate” technology platforms to properly remove false information.
He asked the three CEOs whether they had plans to deal with the uncertainty of the election results (see if President Trump would use their services to question the election results). All three CEOs stated that they all have plans to deal with this situation.
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