Tech CEOs Face Angry Senators: The Information’s Tech Briefing

If today’s Senate Commerce Committee hearing on Section 230 demonstrated anything, it’s the impossible position faced by tech companies in responding to Democrats and Republicans complaining about their content moderation policies. As Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg noted in his opening statement, “Democrats often say we don’t remove enough content and Republicans often say we remove too much.”

That divide was demonstrated even more starkly after Sen. Ted Cruz spent several minutes shouting at Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey—whose long beard makes him look like a member of ZZ Top—about Twitter’s decision to limit distribution of a New York Post article. Cruz was followed by Democratic Sen. Brian Schatz, urging tech CEOs to stand up to bullying behavior by Republicans.