CEOs of three social media giants to testify at US Senate hearing

(From left) Pichai, Zuckerberg and Dorsey are expected to testify for an Oct 28 US Senate hearing on tech companies’ control over hate speech and misinformation on their platforms. — AFP

WASHINGTON: The CEOs of technology giants Facebook, Google and Twitter are expected to testify for an Oct 28 US Senate hearing on tech companies’ control over hate speech and misinformation on their platforms.

The Senate Commerce Committee voted last week to authorise subpoenas for Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai of Google and Twitter’s Jack Dorsey to force them to testify if they didn’t agree to do so voluntarily. Spokespeople for the companies said on Oct 5 that the CEOs will cooperate.