Zuckerberg asked during Senate hearing whether Facebook coordinates censorship with Twitter, Google
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(Worthy News) -Sen. Josh Hawley questioned Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday about whether the social media giant coordinates content moderation with fellow tech giants Google and Twitter.
Hawley said that a whistleblower who was a former Facebook employee had contacted his office. The Missouri Republican said that there is “an internal platform called TASKS” which the social media company “uses to coordinate projects including censorship.”
The company utilizes TASKS “for people coordinating all kinds of work across the company,” Zuckerberg said, adding that he was unsure that he would concur with the description Hawley gave regarding content moderation. [ Source: Just the News (Read More…) ]
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