CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter testify before congress in March

The CEOs of several major tech companies will again testify before Congress next month, this time to discuss misinformation on their platforms.

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter, will appear before members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on March 25.

In a statement announcing the new hearing, House E&C Committee leaders pointed to false claims about the Covid-19 vaccine and alleged election fraud that has spread on social media platforms.

“For far too long, big technology has failed to recognize the role they played in fueling and spreading blatantly false information to its online audience. Industry self-regulation has failed,” said committee chair Frank Pallone, DN.J., Communications and Chairman of the Subcommittee on Technology Mike Doyle, D-Pa., and Chairman of the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Trade Jan Schakelowsky, D-Ill., said in a statement. “We need to start changing the incentives that drive social media companies to allow and even promote misinformation and disinformation.”

Of the three, Zuckerberg has made the most appearances for Congress in the past year. The March hearing is the fourth time he has testified before Congress since July. It will be their third in that period for Pichai and Dorsey.

Last year, Zuckerberg and Pichai both appeared before lawmakers for hearings in which they examined their competitive behavior and questioned the liability shield that protects their industry. Dorsey also appeared at that latest hearing and alongside Zuckerberg before another committee over allegations of censorship on their platforms, which they have denied.

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