Facebook, Twitter CEOs oppose changes allowing US government to dictate content moderation

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on vember 18 agreed to introduce an amendment to controversial Section 230 of Communications Decency Act of 1996, y, however, rejected any changes on platform that will allow US government to moderate content. According to an NPR report, tech CEOs upset senators when y vehemently refused to make imminent changes to regulatory model of ir business. Communications Decency Act (CDA) prohibits provider or user of an interactive computer service to be treated as publisher or speaker of any information provided by ar information content provider. 

two tech CEOs appeared before Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday, vember 17, at a hearing, “Breaking News: Censorship, Suppression, and 2020 Election.” US lawmakers grilled social media leaders on ir viewpoints on content moderation. However, chief executives of Facebook and Twitter, Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey, concluded ir second Senate testimony with reluctance to government regulations and only welcoming reforming laws. hearing comes three weeks since last where CEOs of Facebook, Google, and Twitter testified as fresh concerns about social media’s role in disseminating information,  and censoring news arose in wake of US elections. Lawmakers questioned social media companies handling of allegations of voter fraud, including claims made by US President Trump, and or unverified and misleading information. 

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CEOs admitted some errors

Senate Judiciary Committee alleged that social media sites conveniently withheld part of information, such as New York Post story about President-elect Joe Biden's son that Republicans contested reeked of social media platform bias. Furr, freeflow of information about Republicans’ unregulated claims that cast doubt on election results was challenged by committee. lawmakers ted that Twitter and Facebook were ted opting for a stricter approach for conservative speech than democrats. While both CEOs admitted some errors, y simply failed to ‘recognize’ real problem, as Zuckerberg said, “re’s so much content, I mean, re are more than 2 billion Facebook users.”

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