Facebook, Twitter CEOs to be pressed on election handling

The GOP majority on the Judiciary panel threatened Zuckerberg (pic) and Dorsey with subpoenas last month if they didn’t agree to voluntarily testify for Tuesday’s hearing. — AP

WASHINGTON: The CEOs of Facebook and Twitter are being summoned before Congress to defend their handling of disinformation in the 2020 presidential election, even as lawmakers questioning them are deeply divided over the election’s integrity and results.

Prominent Republican senators have refused to knock down President Donald Trump’s unfounded claims of voting irregularities and fraud, even as misinformation disputing Democrat Joe Biden’s victory has flourished online.