Senate Panel to Hear from Google, Facebook, Twitter About Terrorism

Alphabet Inc’s Google, Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc will testify before a U.S. Senate panel on efforts by social media firms to remove violent content from online platforms, the panel said in a statement. The Sept. 18 hearing of the Senate Commerce Committee follows growing concern in Congress about the use of social media by people committing mass shootings and other violent acts.

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