Dem Wants Big Tech To Help Congress Treat Trump Supporters As Terrorists

FLETCHER: "Well, thank you. So, I appreciate all of your willingness to work with us and to assist congress in addressing this attack on our Capitol and our country. Another idea that I would like to touch base with you on in the time I have left, just over a minute, is the difference we see in how your platforms handle foreign extremist content versus domestic content. And by all accounts, your platforms do a better job of combating posts and information from foreign terrorist organizations or FTOs like ISIS or Al Qaeda and others where the posts are automatically removed depending on keywords and phrases, et cetera. The FTOs are designated by the State Department, there are rigorous criteria to identify groups that wish to cause harm to Americans. Currently there’s no legal mechanism or definition for doing the same for domestic terror and hate groups. Would a federal standard for defining a domestic terror organization similar to FTOs help your platforms better track and remove harmful content from your sites, Mr. Zuckerberg?”Show more

ZUCKERBERG: “Congresswoman, I’m not sure. I think domestically, we do classify a number of white supremacist organizations and militias and conspiracy networks like QAnon as the the same level of problematic as some of these other organizations that are able to take decisive action. I think where this ends up being more complicated is where —“
Fletcher: “I hate to cut you off, but I’m gonna run out of time. So your answer was ‘I’m not sure.’ Can I just get a quick yes or no from Mr. Dorsey and Mr. Pichai —“

UNKNOWN: “Very quickly, because your time has expired. Just very ‘quickly.”

DORSEY: “We need to evaluate it. We need to understand what that means.”

FLETCHER: “Mr. Pichai?”

PICHAI: “I think as domestic agencies focus on it, I think we are happy to work and cooperate there.”