In what's threatening to become an annual tradition[1], executives from Twitter and Facebook will testify before Congress Tuesday. And unlike last fall's session, this round will include the top brass, including Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg. (Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg presumably gets a pass, given his solo session this past April[2]. Here's how to watch.
Wednesday will actually see two hearings. The morning session before the Senate Intelligence Committee kicks off at 9:30 am ET, featuring both Dorsey and Sandberg. Google CEO Larry Page was invited, but declined to attend; Google offered global affairs executive Kent Walker instead. Walker will provide written testimony, but won't appear in person. You can watch that session live right here when it starts:
The second half of the doubleheader starts at 1:30 pm ET, and will feature Dorsey solo before the House Energy and Commerce Committee. You can watch a stream of that one here:
The morning session will ostensibly focus on foreign efforts to interfere in US democracy, but if past is prologue, the executives will likely end up fielding a range of questions about everything from Russian influence campaigns[3] to perceptions of bias[4] against conservatives.
Expect Sandberg's answers to echo Zuckerberg's from a few months ago as well, although hopefully she won't have to get back to them[5] on quite as much. In prepared remarks, she acknowledged Facebook's lapses during the 2016 election. "We were too slow to spot this and too slow to act," Sandberg writes. "That’s on us. This interference was completely unacceptable. It violated the values of our company and of the country we love." She then goes on to outline the various steps Facebook has taken to help