Twitter and Facebook s diverging philosophies were on display in the latest tech hearing | TechCrunch

The latest tech hearing was a study in contrasts. Contrasts between lawmakers who made an effort to stay on topic in a hearing ostensibly about social media and the 2020 election and those who& just talked about whatever was on their minds.

Also contrasts between then and now. Social media companies previously treated any attempt at Section 230 reform as radioactive; now, they ve come around to cooperating so they re not cut out of the conversation altogether.

But most of all it was a study in contrasts for the two men on the virtual witness stand: Facebook s equivocating chief executive, who always manages to speak too much in the service of saying very little and Twitter s laconic business mystic who came off as measurably more poised to meet the moment, wizard beard and all.

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