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Senator Durbin Questions Facebook, Twitter, & Google On Extremist Content And Russian Disinformation

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—October 31, 2017

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By: Senator Durbin’s Media Staff

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U.S. Senator Dick Durbin, D-IL (Source: durbin.senate.gov)

U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today questioned executives from Facebook, Twitter, and Google at a hearing of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism entitled “Extremist Content and Russian Disinformation Online: Working with Tech to Find Solutions”. The hearing examined how entities affiliated with the Russian government used social media to spread disinformation and sow division during the…

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