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The heads of Facebook, Twitter and Google braced for more scrutiny from US lawmakers as a Senate hearing on a key internet law that has helped their businesses flourish kicked off on Wednesday.
Sen. Roger Wicker, a Mississippi Republican who chairs the Senate Commerce Committee, set the tone as soon as the hearing about a law known as Section 230 started. The law shields social media companies from liability for content posted by their users and is considered foundational to free expression on the internet. Part of a broader federal law,…
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