Meta repents again to Republicans in hearing over moderation, while Google stands its ground

At a Senate hearing Wednesday on government censorship of tech platforms, a Meta executive expressed regret to Republican lawmakers for failing to speak out more against the Biden administration’s requests that it remove health and election misinformation, including satire. Google, meanwhile, held firm in its stance, saying that evaluating – and often rejecting – government content requests is business as usual. Democrats questioned why Congress was relitigating years-old moderation decisions instead of the Trump administration’s recent speech crackdown – even as Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) hopes to recruit them for a new anti-jawboning bill. An …

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