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Congress seeks a yes or no

Our national conversation about misinformation, interrupted

Casey Newton
Mar 26, 2021
Mark Zuckerberg testifies in a virtual hearing Thursday in Congress.
Mark Zuckerberg testifies in a virtual hearing Thursday in Congress.

Two years and 50 weeks ago, Mark Zuckerberg testified before Congress for the first time. The occasion was the Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal, and the event seemed to signal a muscular new approach to platform regulation from the United States Congress. Lawmakers then expresse…

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