"Deliberately misleading anyone about medical treatments or sharing false information about the COVID-19 virus is dangerous and wrong."
"We cannot stifle the innovation which has given us the greatest tool the world has ever seen."
"This divisiveness we are discussing here today is real."
"It frustrates me when I hear these tech companies like Facebook and Google and Twitter and others hide behind the excuse that it is their algorithms that are making these decisions about the content t..."
"Those words have a long history of abetting bigotry and police brutality in this country."
"Freedom of speech is a fundamental right upon which our democracy was built, and we must make sure these companies are not policing the free flow of speech."
"The power to regulate speech in America is cloaked more and more in secret algorithms and centralized in the hands of a powerful few in the private sector."
"While Section 230 has long provided online companies the flexibility and the liability protections they need to innovate and to connect people from around the world, it has become clear that reform is..."
"Good morning, and welcome to today's joint hearing on disinformation and the crisis it is creating in our country and for our democracy."
"It was a social media post that first told the world about the death of George Floyd."
"Make no mistake: the future of our democracy is at stake and the status quo is unacceptable."