Twitter, Facebook Grilled At Senate Hearing On Election Interference
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"Abuse, harassment, troll armies, propaganda through bots and human coordination, disinformation campaigns and divisive filter bubbles, thats not a healthy public square," Dorsey said.Dorsey said Twitter has removed millions of fake or suspicious accounts, including bots and trolls, using artificial intelligence and similar tools to achieve its goals.With the 2018 midterms two months away, lawmakers remain concerned that hackers could still exploit Facebook, Alphabet and Twitter to spread disinformation to reach millions of unsuspecting Americans."The era of the Wild West in social media is coming to an end," said Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, the top Democrat on the committee."Twitter does not use political ideology to make any decisions, whether related to ranking content on our service or how we enforce our rules.