- During a Senate hearing on Wednesday, Republican Sen. Mike Lee said fact-checking is a form of censorship.
- The hearing was held with the CEOs of Twitter, Facebook, and Google to discuss Section 230 and Republicans’ concerns over censorship online.
- All three CEOs defended their policies, saying they are intended to be applied equally to anyone that violates their content policies, regardless of political opinions.
During a Senate hearing on Wednesday, Republican Sen. Mike Lee said fact-checking is a form of censorship.
The Senate Commerce Committee held the hearing with CEOs of Twitter, Facebook, and Google to discuss Section 230 and Republicans’ concerns over censorship online. Senate Republicans said the companies had discriminated against conservative views on their platforms.
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it is absolutely insane that we have a U.S. Senator who believes that these things are "censorship" [let's see if you can actually hear him this time] pic.twitter.com/zXLk8a5a2O
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) October 28, 2020