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Frustration shows through as Congress grills social media CEOs yet again



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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testifies during a remote video hearing held by subcommittees of the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee on “Social Media’s Role in Promoting Extremism and Misinformation” in Washington, March 25, 2021.U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce | Handout | via ReutersIn what has become a regular occurrence in Congress, lawmakers faced off with the CEOs of three of the most influential tech platforms on Thursday in a five-and-a-half-hour hearing about misinformation.The key legislative focus of the discussion was Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, the legal shield that protects platforms from liability for …

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