Jeff Sessions Agrees to Include Democrats in Meeting on Social Media

Attorneys general and Sessions to discuss possible inquiry
Only Republicans were included, until Democrats complained

Bloomberg’s Sarah Frier reports on what the potential investigation means for social media companies.(Source: Bloomberg)

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By John Harney and Chris Strohm

September 13, 2018 at 11:34 PM UTC

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U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s meeting with state attorneys general to discuss complaints against social media companies has been expanded to include Democrats, the Justice Department said on Thursday.

Sessions had planned to meet only with Republican officials for a Sept. 25 gathering in Washington to consider a possible investigation of the giant technology companies over privacy concerns and over accusations by prominent Republicans, including President Donald Trump, that they have suppressed conservative voices.