Twitter, Facebook to Send CEOs to Senate Hearing on Section 230

Mark Zuckerberg arrives for a House hearing in Washington, D.C., in 2019. — Mark Zuckerberg arrives for a House hearing in Washington, D.C., in 2019.
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By Mark Bergen and Sarah Frier

October 2, 2020 at 11:54 PM UTC

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Twitter Inc. and Facebook Inc. will send their chief executive officers to a U.S. Senate hearing later this month devoted to a law that shields internet companies from liabilities.

A Senate panel voted to subpoena the heads of Twitter, Facebook and Alphabet Inc.’s Google for an Oct. 28 session focusing on Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, a provision that protects the companies from lawsuits over user-generated content. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg have agreed to attend voluntarily, their companies said.