This hearing will come to order, senator cantwell is going to join us in person but she joins us remotely at the beginning of the hearing, we have convened this morning to continue work of this committee to ensure the internet remains a free and open space and they are sufficiently uptodate, it is a Great American success story, thanks in large part to the regulatory and legal structure our government put in place, we cannot take that success for granted, the openness and freedom of the internet are under attack, soon we will hear from the ceos of three of the most prominent internet platforms, facebook, google and twitter, with this is include mr. Jack dorsey of twitter, of alphabet inc. And mr. Marx a burger facebook. On october 1 this committee voted on a bipartisan and unanimous basis to approve the issuance of subpoenas after discussions among representatives of the companies witnesses agreed to attend it voluntarily and remotely the stronger agreement on both sides of the aisle t
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Eastern on cspans q a. Ceos of facebook, twitter and google appeared virtually at a Senate Commerce hitting Senate Commerce hearing. Republicans question whether the companies were censoring conservative viewpoints while democrats raised concerns about the spread of misinformation. Throughout the hearing, there were several references to section 230 of the committee occasions decency act, which shields social Media Companies from liability for content posted on their sites. This is three and a half hours. This hearing will come to order, senator cantwell is going to join us in person but she joins us remotely at the beginning of the hearing, we have convened this morning to continue work of this committee to ensure the internet remains a free and open space and they are sufficiently uptodate, it is a Great American success story, thanks in large part to the regulatory and legal structure our government put in place, we cannot take that success for granted, the openness and freedom of t
Good morning and the meeting will come to work. Welcome todays hearing on the oversight of the general trade commission. On extended a welcome and thank you for appearing. You will all appear roughly this morning. Include fcc chairman joe simons, and noah phillips. Commissioner chopra pretty commissioner Christine Wilson and rebecca slaughter. Cc the established in 1914. Under federal trade commission act. The fcc is chiefly responsible for protecting consumers from unfair, or fraudulent Business Practices in the marketplace. This includes protecting consumers privacy, and security of the data. And harmful uses of technology in combating deceptive advertising and illegal protocols. The fcc is also responsible for educating consumers about fraudulent activity, and predatory Business Practices and Consumer Education is an essential part of their mission. And its intended to inform customer choices help prevent americans from falling victim to fraudsters, cyber criminals another bad actor
Will come to work. Welcome todays hearing on the oversight of the general trade commission. On extended a welcome and thank you for appearing. You will all appear roughly this morning. Include fcc chairman joe simons, and noah phillips. Commissioner chopra pretty commissioner Christine Wilson and rebecca slaughter. Cc the established in 1914. Under federal trade commission act. The fcc is chiefly responsible for protecting consumers from unfair, or fraudulent Business Practices in the marketplace. This includes protecting consumers privacy, and security of the data. And harmful uses of technology in combating deceptive advertising and illegal protocols. The fcc is also responsible for educating consumers about fraudulent activity, and predatory Business Practices and Consumer Education is an essential part of their mission. And its intended to inform customer choices help prevent americans from falling victim to fraudsters, cyber criminals another bad actors. And recently discussed and