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Facebook, Twitter pledge to defend against foreign intrusion

WASHINGTON (AP) — Fa-
cebook and Twitter execu-
tives assured Congress on
Wednesday that they are
aggressively working to
root out foreign attempts
to sow discord in America,
and they pledged to bet-
ter protect their social net-
works against manipulation
during the 2018 midterm
elections and beyond.
Facebook's No. 2 execu-
tive, Sheryl Sandberg, and
Twitter's CEO, Jack Dorsey,
testified before the Senate
intelligence committee in
the morning, but there was
an empty chair for Google
parent company Alpha-
bet, which refused to send
its top executive.
In the afternoon, Dorsey
went before a House panel
alone to address Republi-
can concerns that Twitter
is censoring conservatives. An empty chair reserved for Google's parent Alphabet, which refused to send its top executive, is seen as Facebook COO Sheryl
Sandberg accompanied by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on 'Foreign Influence
Dorsey denied that is hap- Operations and Their Use of Social Media Platforms' on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018, in Washington. Google CEO did not
pening. show for the hearing.
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