Twitter’s Jack Dorsey, Google’s Sundar Pichai, and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg all voluntarily agreed to testify in the hearing that will discuss “whether section 230 of the Communications Decency Act has outlived its usefulness in today’s digital age.”

It’s official. Dorsey, Pichai and Zuckerberg at Senate Commerce on Oct. 28. As previously reported, the CEOs voluntarily agreed to testify. pic.twitter.com/Y5FkdCttLh

— Brian Fung (@b_fung) October 16, 2020

Section 230 protects internet companies from liability when it comes to removing 3rd party content at their own discretion with the exceptions to laws such as federal crimes and intellectual property claims.

Meanwhile, Missouri Senator Josh Howley has asked the FEC to investigate possible election law violations by Facebook and Twitter while urging the Trump administration to formally complain.

Two days ago I asked the FEC to investigate possible election law violations by @Facebook and @Twitter. Trump campaign should file a formal complaint

— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) October 16, 2020

While most conservative voices likely see this news as a hopeful way of reestablishing free speech for all on the internet’s most popular speech networks, Congressman Matt Gaetz has a much less optimistic outlook.

“Congress is not going to rein in Big Tech, because Congress is bought by Big Tech,” Gaetz told Breitbart News. “There are just simply too many members of the House and Senate who are beholden to Big Tech either because of political donations or because their family members are getting employed by Big Tech.”

“What we need is a focus on appointments to the FCC and to the FEC with people who understand the extent to which Big Tech bias is actually election interference and is also a violation of our communication standards and that they wouldn’t fall under certain liabilities under the Communications Decency Act,” Gaetz would add.

Gaetz also called on his congress colleagues to join him in refusing all PAC money from Big Tech companies in a Thursday tweet.

My congressional colleagues should join me in refusing all PAC money from Big Tech.

Until that happens, congress will not do anything about major tech platforms’ censorship because they are bought off by Big Tech. (via @BreitbartNews @SeanMoran3)https://t.co/r7gQDTWCyn

— Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) October 15, 2020

The tech CEOs will be appearing at the Wednesday hearing remotely, which begs the question: what will Zuckerberg have in the smoker this time … ?

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