Karan Bhatia, vice president of global public policy and government relations at Google Inc., speaks during the Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, July 16, 2019. Bhatia said that the company hasn't given software or date to the Chinese government. Photographer: Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg
US senators used a Congressional hearing on July 16 to push the idea of overhauling a law that protects YouTube, Facebook and other Internet services from being sued for the content users post.
The Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing, led by Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, featured accusations Republicans have been making for months: that Google manipulates search results and its YouTube video service to censor conservatives. Google policy chief Karan Bhatia denied this and said it would be bad for business if users didn’t trust the company to be impartial.
