U.K. Lawmakers Fly to Washington to Take On Tech Executives
- Facebook, Google, Twitter answered questions on fake news
- First public hearing by the committee outside the U.K.
Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
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U.K. lawmakers traveled to Washington for an unusual hearing to press executives from Facebook Inc., Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Twitter Inc. to do more to keep junk news and misinformation from spreading online.
The House of Commons select committee usually receives evidence in the U.K. parliament, but the hearing, held on Thursday at George Washington University, is a sign of the global pressure social media companies are facing to get more control of their free-wheeling platforms.