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Senate Judiciary Committee Votes To Subpoena Facebook, Twitter CEOs

Called to testify about “suppression and/or censorship”

Joseph Curl
Senate Judiciary Committee Votes To Subpoena Facebook, Twitter CEOs
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Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee voted unanimously on Thursday to subpoena the testimonies of Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg after all 10 Democrats boycotted the panel’s hearing to advance the Supreme Court nomination of Amy Coney Barrett.

Republican members want the two CEOs to testify about their handling of a recent series of articles by the New York Post, America’s fourth-largest newspaper, concerning former Vice President Joe Biden’s son Hunter’s business dealings. Both social media sites suppressed the stories.

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