Washington: A panel of the US Senate voted unanimously in support of barring the CEOs of the big social media companies Facebook, Google, and Twitter. The Senate panel took the step a month before the presidential election in the US amid allegations of hate speech, misinformation, and political bias on internet forums.
The Senate Commerce Committee on Thursday called on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsi to authorize him to issue a summons if he did not agree to appear voluntarily at the scheduled hearing. Voted. The committee voted unanimously in support of issuing summons to the CEOs of these companies. The vote marks the beginning of new bilateral initiatives against these big companies, which have come under attack on matters of rivalry, user privacy, and hate speech.
