Social media under fire. Top executives of tech giants faced off with U.S. lawmakers today. Amna Nawaz reports.A barrage of questions and criticism for the CEOs of Twitter and Facebook,appearing virtually before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on censorship, disinformation, and the 2020 election.What evidence do you have that these labels are effective in addressing President Trump's lies?It is time we took action against these modern-day robber barons.The tech giants hailed the progress they have made so far. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey.The public asked us to offer additional context to help make potentially misleading information more apparent. We did exactly that.The head of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg.We have taken down more than 100 networks of bad actors who were trying to coordinate and interfere globally.We established a network of independent fact-checkers that covers more than 60 languages.But Senator Richard Blumenthal, Democrat from Connecticut, insisted that's not enough.The destructive, incendiary misinformation is still a scourge on both your platforms and on others.Democrats largely focused there, how to combat misinformation and disinformation, even when it comes from the president.Two weeks after Election Day, President Trump continues to tweet baseless claims of voter fraud, falsely insisting he won.Both Twitter and Facebook have labeled some of the president's posts as misinformation.Senator Dianne Feinstein, Democrat from California, asked Dorsey about the president's tweet on November, saying -- quote -- I won this election by a lot.
