Twitter, Facebook CEOs defend election actions, promise more

Section 2 30 is the most important law protecting Internet speech and removing Section 2 30 will remove speech from the Internet. Section 2 30 gave Internet services to important tools. The first provides immunity from liability for users content. The second provides good Samaritan protections for content moderation and remove them even of constitutionally protected speech. As long as it's done in good faith, let me be clear. We approach our work without political bias. Food stop. To do otherwise would be contrary to both our business interests and our mission, which compels us to make information accessible to every type of person, no matter where they live or what they believe. Of course, our ability to provide access to a wide range of information is only possible because of existing legal frameworks like Section 2 30. People can reasonably disagree about where to draw the lines. That's a hallmark of democratic societies, especially here in the US, with our strong First Amendment tradition. But it strengthens my belief that when a private company is making these calls, we need a more accountable process that people feel is legitimate and that gives platforms certainty. At Facebook, we publish our standards an issue quarterly reports on the content that we take down. We launched an independent oversight board that could overturn our decisions, and we've committed to an audit of our content reports. But I believe Congress has a role to play to in order to give people confidence that the process is carried out in a way that balances societies deeply held values appropriately, and that's why I've called for regulation.

Video above: Social media CEOs grilled during October Senate committee hearingThe CEOs of Twitter and Facebook on Tuesday defended their safeguards against disinformation in the presidential election, and promised Congress they would take vigorous action for two special elections in Georgia that could determine which party controls the U.S. Senate.Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee they have strong programs in place to protect their platforms from being used to disseminate falsehoods or discourage people from voting in the Georgia elections.바카라 게임 웹사이트�You have an immense civic and moral responsibility,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Sen. Richard Blumenthal, a Connecticut Democrat, told the executives. He said the actions the companies took to slow the spread of disinformation in the contest between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden were constructive. But Blumenthal said he was concerned they could let their guard down for the Georgia elections and fail to act against dangerous information.바카라 게임 웹사이트�You바카라 게임 웹사이트�ve tried to slow its spread. That바카라 게임 웹사이트�s not censorship,바카라 게임 웹사이트� he said.But Republican senators, including Committee Chairman Sen. Lindsey Graham, revived complaints of censorship and anti-conservative bias against the social media platforms and pushed for stripping away some of the protections that have shielded tech companies from legal responsibility for what people post.바카라 게임 웹사이트�I think there바카라 게임 웹사이트�s Republican and Democratic concern about the power that바카라 게임 웹사이트�s being used by social media outlets to tell us what we can see and what we can바카라 게임 웹사이트�t, what바카라 게임 웹사이트�s true and what바카라 게임 웹사이트�s not,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Graham said at the start of the hearing.Democrats also support curbing the long-held legal shield for tech companies, though for different reasons. They have focused their concern on hate speech and incitement on social media platforms that can spawn violence. President-elect Biden has heartily endorsed restricting the legal immunity for social media platforms under Section 230 of a 1996 telecommunications law.Graham and other prominent Republican senators have refused to knock down Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트�s unfounded claims of voting irregularities and fraud, even as misinformation disputing Biden바카라 게임 웹사이트�s victory has flourished online.Graham, a close Trump ally, has publicly urged: 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Do not concede, Mr. President. Fight hard.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Twitter and Facebook have both slapped a misinformation label on some content from Trump, most notably his assertions linking voting by mail to fraud. On Monday, Twitter flagged Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트�s tweet proclaiming 바카라 게임 웹사이트�I won the Election!바카라 게임 웹사이트� with this note: 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Official sources called this election differently.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Dorsey testified that Twitter flagged some 300,000 tweets between Oct. 27 and Nov. 11 for content that was disputed and potentially misleading, representing 0.2% of all U.S. election-related tweets sent during the period.바카라 게임 웹사이트�We applied labels to add context and limit the risk of harmful election misinformation spreading without important context, because the public told us they wanted us to take these steps,바카라 게임 웹사이트� he said.Of the labeled tweets, 456 also were covered by a warning message and were limited in how they could be shared. About 74% of the people who viewed those tweets saw them after a label or warning message was applied.Zuckerberg said Facebook joined with election officials to remove false claims about polling conditions and displayed warnings on more than 150 million pieces of content after review by independent fact-checkers. Facebook also prohibited misrepresentations about how or when to vote as well as attempts to use threats on the coronavirus to scare people into not voting, he said.Zuckerberg acknowledged that 바카라 게임 웹사이트�election interference remains an ongoing threat.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Zuckerberg and Dorsey promised lawmakers last month that they would aggressively guard their platforms from being manipulated by foreign governments or used to incite violence around the election results 바카라 게임 웹사이트� and they followed through with high-profile steps that angered Trump and his supporters.Facebook moved two days after the election to ban a large group called 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Stop the Steal바카라 게임 웹사이트� that Trump supporters were using to organize protests against the vote count. The 350,000-member group echoed Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트�s baseless allegations of a rigged election rendering the results invalid.For days after the election as the vote counting went on, copycat 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Stop the Steal바카라 게임 웹사이트� groups were easily found on Facebook. As of Monday, Facebook appeared to have made them harder to find, though it was still possible to locate them, including some groups with thousands of members.The GOP majority on the Judiciary panel threatened Zuckerberg and Dorsey with subpoenas last month if they didn바카라 게임 웹사이트�t voluntarily agree to testify for Tuesday바카라 게임 웹사이트�s hearing. Republicans on the Senate Commerce Committee lambasted the two CEOs and Sundar Pichai, Google바카라 게임 웹사이트�s chief executive, at a hearing last month for what they said was a pattern of silencing conservative viewpoints while giving free rein to political actors from countries like China and Iran.Despite fears over security in the runup to Nov. 3 and social media companies bracing for the worst, the election turned out to be the most secure in U.S. history, federal and state officials from both parties say 바카라 게임 웹사이트� repudiating Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트�s unsubstantiated claims of fraud.___AP Technology Writer Barbara Ortutay in Oakland, California, contributed to this report.

WASHINGTON —

Video above: Social media CEOs grilled during October Senate committee hearing

The CEOs of Twitter and Facebook on Tuesday defended their safeguards against disinformation in the presidential election, and promised Congress they would take vigorous action for two special elections in Georgia that could determine which party controls the U.S. Senate.

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee they have strong programs in place to protect their platforms from being used to disseminate falsehoods or discourage people from voting in the Georgia elections.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�You have an immense civic and moral responsibility,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Sen. Richard Blumenthal, a Connecticut Democrat, told the executives. He said the actions the companies took to slow the spread of disinformation in the contest between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden were constructive. But Blumenthal said he was concerned they could let their guard down for the Georgia elections and fail to act against dangerous information.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�You바카라 게임 웹사이트�ve tried to slow its spread. That바카라 게임 웹사이트�s not censorship,바카라 게임 웹사이트� he said.

But Republican senators, including Committee Chairman Sen. Lindsey Graham, revived complaints of censorship and anti-conservative bias against the social media platforms and pushed for stripping away some of the protections that have shielded tech companies from legal responsibility for what people post.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�I think there바카라 게임 웹사이트�s Republican and Democratic concern about the power that바카라 게임 웹사이트�s being used by social media outlets to tell us what we can see and what we can바카라 게임 웹사이트�t, what바카라 게임 웹사이트�s true and what바카라 게임 웹사이트�s not,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Graham said at the start of the hearing.

Democrats also support curbing the long-held legal shield for tech companies, though for different reasons. They have focused their concern on hate speech and incitement on social media platforms that can spawn violence. President-elect Biden has heartily endorsed restricting the legal immunity for social media platforms under Section 230 of a 1996 telecommunications law.

Graham and other prominent Republican senators have refused to knock down Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트�s unfounded claims of voting irregularities and fraud, even as misinformation disputing Biden바카라 게임 웹사이트�s victory has flourished online.

Graham, a close Trump ally, has publicly urged: 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Do not concede, Mr. President. Fight hard.바카라 게임 웹사이트�

Twitter and Facebook have both slapped a misinformation label on some content from Trump, most notably his assertions linking voting by mail to fraud. On Monday, Twitter flagged Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트�s tweet proclaiming 바카라 게임 웹사이트�I won the Election!바카라 게임 웹사이트� with this note: 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Official sources called this election differently.바카라 게임 웹사이트�

Dorsey testified that Twitter flagged some 300,000 tweets between Oct. 27 and Nov. 11 for content that was disputed and potentially misleading, representing 0.2% of all U.S. election-related tweets sent during the period.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�We applied labels to add context and limit the risk of harmful election misinformation spreading without important context, because the public told us they wanted us to take these steps,바카라 게임 웹사이트� he said.

Of the labeled tweets, 456 also were covered by a warning message and were limited in how they could be shared. About 74% of the people who viewed those tweets saw them after a label or warning message was applied.

Zuckerberg said Facebook joined with election officials to remove false claims about polling conditions and displayed warnings on more than 150 million pieces of content after review by independent fact-checkers. Facebook also prohibited misrepresentations about how or when to vote as well as attempts to use threats on the coronavirus to scare people into not voting, he said.

Zuckerberg acknowledged that 바카라 게임 웹사이트�election interference remains an ongoing threat.바카라 게임 웹사이트�

Zuckerberg and Dorsey promised lawmakers last month that they would aggressively guard their platforms from being manipulated by foreign governments or used to incite violence around the election results 바카라 게임 웹사이트� and they followed through with high-profile steps that angered Trump and his supporters.

Facebook moved two days after the election to ban a large group called 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Stop the Steal바카라 게임 웹사이트� that Trump supporters were using to organize protests against the vote count. The 350,000-member group echoed Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트�s baseless allegations of a rigged election rendering the results invalid.

For days after the election as the vote counting went on, copycat 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Stop the Steal바카라 게임 웹사이트� groups were easily found on Facebook. As of Monday, Facebook appeared to have made them harder to find, though it was still possible to locate them, including some groups with thousands of members.

The GOP majority on the Judiciary panel threatened Zuckerberg and Dorsey with subpoenas last month if they didn바카라 게임 웹사이트�t voluntarily agree to testify for Tuesday바카라 게임 웹사이트�s hearing. Republicans on the Senate Commerce Committee lambasted the two CEOs and Sundar Pichai, Google바카라 게임 웹사이트�s chief executive, at a hearing last month for what they said was a pattern of silencing conservative viewpoints while giving free rein to political actors from countries like China and Iran.

Despite fears over security in the runup to Nov. 3 and social media companies bracing for the worst, the election turned out to be the most secure in U.S. history, federal and state officials from both parties say 바카라 게임 웹사이트� repudiating Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트�s unsubstantiated claims of fraud.

___

AP Technology Writer Barbara Ortutay in Oakland, California, contributed to this report.

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