Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) is pressing Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on whether the social media platform contributed to the extremism that led to the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
“Will you admit today that Facebook groups, in particular, played a role in fomenting the extremism that we saw and that led to the Capitol siege,” Schakowsky asked on Thursday.
Zuckerberg replied, “Certainly there was content on our services and, from that perspective, I think that there’s further work that we need to do to make our services and moderation more effective.”
Zuckerberg attempted to explain before Doyle interrupted him asking him for just a yes or no answer.
Rep. Mike Doyle (D-PA) asks tech CEOs if their platforms bear some responsibility for disseminating misinformation that led to the Capitol insurrection.
Twitter's Jack Dorsey is the only CEO to say "yes." pic.twitter.com/XdOhLfYRtK
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