Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey will emphasize the company’s newest initiatives for battling misinformation and the need to build trust with users during his testimony before Congress.
It’s the executive’s fifth time testifying, including his November appearance in the wake of the 2020 election. That time, Dorsey eventually got around to defending the company’s efficacy in limiting the spread of election-related misinformation, but not before answering questions about familiar pet concerns from lawmakers.
He is likely to face some of the same lines of queries from members of Congress, including unsubstantiated claims of conservative bias on the social media network from Republican lawmakers, and Twitter’s policies aimed at quashing extremism from Democrats.
The spread of extremism on the social media networks will be top-of-mind after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and Dorsey…
