U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday pressed executives at Facebook, Twitter and YouTube on the potential harm their algorithms cause to public discourse and society, from spreading medical misinformation to stoking political divisions. The session was the latest in a series of Capitol Hill hearings featuring aspects of big technology companies’ business practices, from app store policies to content...
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