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Policy Executives at Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter to Testify at U.S. Senate Hearing on Algorithms
Next week, policy executives from Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter will testify at a U.S. Senate Judiciary hearing on algorithmic amplification, Politico reports. Social media recommendation algorithms have come under increasing scrutiny in recent years, and Democratic lawmakers have voiced concerns about how they can fuel extremism and the spread of misinformation online.
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U.S. Government Privacy Watchdog Asked to Investigate Surveillance of Black Lives Matter
A group of Democratic lawmakers on Thursday urged the U.S. government’s privacy and civil liberties watchdog to launch an investigation into claims of government surveillance at protests against police violence and racial inequality spurred this year by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody.