Senate
Commerce Committee Ranking Member Maria Cantwell (D-Washington) has released a report titled “Local
Journalism:
The report outlines how
changes in the information marketplace and the dominance of online platforms
pose an existential threat to local news publishers, says the News Media Alliance. The report
notes the vital importance of high-quality journalism to our communities and
calls for the restoration of local journalism, including through Congressional
action, says the
The publication of the report
came ahead of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation’s hearing on Oct. 28
examining Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. The heads of Twitter,
Facebook and Alphabet/Google testified at the hearing. https://www.commerce.senate.gov/2020/10/does-section-230-s-sweeping-immunity-enable-big-tech-bad-behavior
Senate Judiciary Committee
Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) has announced Twitter CEO Jack
Dorsey and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will appear voluntarily before the
committee on Nov. 17.
The hearing will focus on the
“platforms’ censorship and suppression of New York Post articles,” says a
release from Graham.
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