The House of Representatives Intelligence Committee says executives from Facebook, Alphabet/Google, and Twitter have been summoned to appear Thursday at a virtual hearing on foreign influence and election security.
The hearing will be held virtually, due to the pandemic, and is titled ‘Emerging Trends in Online Foreign Influence Operations: Social Media, COVID-19, and Election Security.’
It will be livestreamed here.
From the House Intel YouTube page:
On Thursday, June 18, 2020 at 12:00 pm ET, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) will convene a virtual hearing on Emerging Trends in Online Foreign Influence Operations: Social Media, COVID-19, and Election Security. This is the second virtual hearing that the Committee will hold, and key senior officials from Facebook, Google and Twitter will testify remotely.
Witnesses:
• Nathanial Gleicher, Head of Security Policy at Facebook
• Nick Pickles, Director of Global Public Policy Strategy and Development at Twitter
• Richard Salgado, Director for Law Enforcement and Information Security at Google
Reuters has more.
Facebook, Google and Twitter senior officials are scheduled to testify about foreign influence operations and election security during a virtual hearing taking place Thursday before the House Intelligence Committee. pic.twitter.com/q3XIF9dHm2
— Andrew Blake (@apblake) June 16, 2020
Source: https://boingboing.net/2020/06/16/facebook-google-twitter-exec.html
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