Justice Department says it's concerned social-media companies 'hurting competition'

The Justice Department said in a statement it's concerned social media companies are stifling competition, after a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing with Facebook FB, -2.85% and Twitter TWTR, -5.65% executives. "We listened to today's Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing on Foreign Influence Operations' use of Social Media Platforms closely. The Attorney General has convened a meeting with a number of state attorneys general this month to discuss a growing concern that these companies may be hurting competition and intentionally stifling the free exchange of ideas on their platforms."

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Facebook’s Sandberg and Twitter’s Dorsey defend policing as Alex Jones, Marco Rubio spar

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg defend their efforts to prevent outside manipulation of their social-media platform by Russian and other foreign actors and also touched on their role in policing domestic content and protecting privacy.

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