CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter attend congressional hearings on platform false information and other issues

　　China News Service, Washington, March 25 (Reporter Sha Hanting) The CEOs of American companies Facebook, Google, and Twitter attended the hearing of the House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee on the 25th local time and answered questions from members of Congress on combating the spread of false information on platforms. .

　　At the hearing that day, many lawmakers expressed dissatisfaction with the false information about the 2020 election and the skepticism about the new crown vaccine spread on these social media platforms.

Congressman Mike Doyle said that it is still easy to find false content about elections and vaccines on these platforms. "Your platforms can easily delete relevant content, but you did not do so."

　　Regarding the violent attack on Congress on January 6, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey stated that Twitter is responsible for disseminating false information.

Facebook CEO Zuckerberg and Google CEO Pichai said they were not responsible.

　　Zuckerberg said, “Facebook has done its due responsibilities to ensure the fairness of the election.” The attack on Congress on January 6 was because “President Trump (then) gave a speech to let the people do their best. Struggle".

　　In terms of cracking down on the dissemination of false information on the platform, the three companies all stated that they have taken great efforts.

According to Facebook, in the fourth quarter of last year, it removed 1.3 billion fake accounts, and more than 35,000 people are currently responsible for platform content review.

Twitter stated that it will put a warning on the false information about the new crown vaccine on the platform, and if it is violated repeatedly, it may take a permanent ban.

Google’s video site YouTube said that tens of thousands of videos with false information about the new crown vaccine have been deleted this month alone.

After the violent attack on Congress, YouTube also restricted channels that spread false statements about the 2020 election.

　　In addition, with regard to Article 230 of the "Communications Standards Law" passed in 1996, it is also the focus of parliamentarians' concerns that network platforms are not responsible for the content posted by users.

A number of bipartisan members of Congress called for the law to be updated to adapt to the current state of network development.

　　In response, Zuckerberg said that he agreed to reduce the scope of Article 230 and make the platform "conditionally" responsible for the content posted by users.

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