Zuckerberg, Dorsey Face Senate Subpoenas Over N.Y. Post Story

Facebook, Twitter CEOs can still offer to testify voluntarily
Lawmakers to ask about treatment of Post’s Hunter Biden story

Jack Dorsey and Mark Zuckerberg are due to appear before the Senate Commerce Committee on Oct. 28.
Source: Bloomberg

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By Ben Brody and Rebecca Kern

October 22, 2020 at 9:29 AM EDT

Updated on

October 22, 2020 at 10:02 AM EDT

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The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to authorize subpoenas for Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey to compel testimony over their companies’ suppression of a New York Post article about Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s son.

Republicans are ratcheting up pressure on Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc. and other social media companies over their perceived conservative bias ahead of the presidential election Nov. 3.