Facebook to be called before Senate panel on Russian meddling

A picture shows the Facebook logo on a beach chair at the Facebook office in Berlin, Germany, August 29, 2016. REUTERS/Stefanie Loos/Files

The Senate Intelligence Committee expects representatives of Facebook Inc to testify at a public hearing examining Russia’s use of social media to influence last year’s US presidential election. 

The panel hasn’t yet determined all of the issues that will be covered or invited company representatives, Chairman Richard Burr, a North Carolina Republican, told reporters in Washington. He said the hearing may also include Twitter Inc and other social media companies.