Here’s precisely what Twitter and Facebook will state to Congress tomorrow

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg are getting ready to protect their particular business prior to Congress onWednesday On Tuesday, the executives both launched written statements as they prepare to attend to foreign impact and election security on the platforms.

“Twitter does not use political ideology to make any decisions, whether related to ranking content on our service or how we enforce our rules,” Dorsey stated in his testament. “We strive to enforce our rules impartially. We do not shadowban anyone based on political ideology. In fact, from a simple business perspective and to serve the public conversation, Twitter is incentivized to keep all voices on the platform.”

In her declaration, Sandberg stated that disturbance throughout the 2016 election “runs counter to everything Facebook stands for” which the business will continue to resist versus these attacks.

“We know we can’t stop interference by ourselves,” she composed. “We don’t have all the investigative tools that the government has, and we can’t always attribute attacks or identify motives. But we will continue to work closely with law enforcement around the world and do everything we can to stop foreign election interference wherever it occurs on our platform.”

The executives will affirm prior to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence about “Foreign influence operations and their use of social media platforms.” Dorsey will likewise appear prior to the House Energy and Commerce Committee to affirm on “ the business’s algorithms and content tracking” Larry Page, CEO of Google’s moms and dad business Alphabet, was likewise welcomed to appear prior to Congress, however decreased. An provide to affirm from Google’s senior vice president of worldwide affairs Kent Walker was turned down bySen Richard Burr

Still, Walker stated he prepares to be in Washington on Wednesday and launched his own testament Tuesday

Sen Mark Warner tweeted on Tuesday: “Tomorrow the Senate Intelligence Committee will hold an important hearing on the social media companies’ responses to foreign influence operations. @Jack will be there. @SherylSandberg will be there. Larry Page should be there, too. It’s not too late for @Google to step up.”

In reaction, a Google agent stated Walker would provide written testament, short members of Congress about Google’s work and respond to any concerns. “We had informed the Senate Intelligence Committee of this in late July and had understood that he would be an appropriate witness for this hearing,” the agent stated.

You can check out Dorsey’s complete testament here:

Jack Dorsey testament by jonathan_skillings on Scribd

And here’s Sandberg’s opening declaration:

Sheryl Sandberg Prepared Senate Testimony by jonathan_skillings on Scribd

You can likewise check out Walker’s testament here:

Kent Walker Testimony Senate Select Committee on Intelligence 09052018 by jonathan_skillings on Scribd

Time to speak out: Facebook, Twitter and Google have a lot to show to Congress.

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