Tag: Mark Zuckerberg

Trump will make the announcement during a press conference on Wednesday.

Roger Waters, co-founder of the rock band Pink Floyd, did not mince words after receiving an offer from Facebook for the rights to use the 1979 hit song “Another Brick ...

"Does that tell you how much power they see themselves as having?"

The board found Facebook’s indefinite suspension of Trump’s account was arbitrary

"Will you admit today that Facebook groups, in particular, played a role in fomenting the extremism that we saw."

Lawmakers began the hearing by criticizing the social media platforms for their role in the riot.

Republicans on the panel will likely criticize the tech giants for what they say are efforts to stifle conservative voices.

"For the first time, we get an opportunity to be on the users' side."

"People don't want politics and fighting to take over their experience on our services."

"His decision to use his platform to condone rather than condemn the actions of his supporters at the Capitol building has rightly disturbed people."

"What I want to try to find out is if you're not a newspaper at Twitter or Facebook, then why do you have editorial control over the New York Post?"

Tuesday's hearing is expected to be highly political.

Zuckerberg said the company shared some of the Biden team's same concerns about social media.

The Judiciary committee voted on Thursday to subpoena the two CEOs.

Trump said the companies are censoring him.

"This recent censorship controversy is just one more in a litany of instances in which these companies have shown utter disregard for being democratic public squares."

Facebook said it would continue to evolve its policies for identifying potentially dangerous organizations.

Google and Facebook took the sharpest jabs for alleged abuse of their market power from Democrats and Republicans.

"In the wake of COVID-19, however, they are likely to emerge stronger and more powerful than ever before."

The CEOs plan to defend themselves.