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RT @JohnHendel: President Biden alluded to likely coming proposed broadband investments at today's session "The next major initiative is—a… — PolitiTweet.org

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“Immediate offboarding.” Drivers have to fear being fired for stopping to use the bathroom, and also fear being fired for not stopping to use the bathroom. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @_cingraham: Incredible email from an Amazon logistics manager. "This is the 3rd occasion in the last 2 months when bags have been retur… — PolitiTweet.org

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Rep. David McKinley held up printouts of Instagram posts that he said showed offers of Oxycodone, Ritalin, Xanax and Adderall. “These posts are not new; they’ve been active since last fall. If we can find posts this easily, shame on you for not finding them for yourself.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Can we have an Operation Warp Speed to create warp speed? — PolitiTweet.org

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Rep. Doyle says there are still eight members of Congress waiting to ask questions, in case anyone is keeping time… — PolitiTweet.org

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As the tech CEO hearing nears its 5th hour, here’s where one tech trade group repping Facebook, Google and Twitter stands: https://t.co/eoZC4DBlNI — PolitiTweet.org

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@wongmjane YES — PolitiTweet.org

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We’re now rehashing the thing about Facebook taking down a post of Rep. Marie Newman putting up a trans flag outside her office but not taking down Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s anti-trans sign. Zuck says he wasn’t aware of it. FB has already said it was a mistake. — PolitiTweet.org

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@evelyndouek Yes or no questions are clearly a big issue, and we have a lot of room to improve on them — PolitiTweet.org

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Only very recently have policymakers even begun debating whether privacy is a dimension of product quality that companies can be said to compete on. For Google to say “yes, privacy should be considered in antitrust analyses” is wild. I don’t think Pichai knew what he was saying — PolitiTweet.org

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(Armstrong’s question on FLoC was essentially, “won’t Google’s successor to the cookie just further entrench Google’s dominance in advertising?”) — PolitiTweet.org

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Rep. Kelly Armstrong asked a strong series of questions about Google’s FLoC proposal and whether privacy should be considered an aspect of competition for antitrust purposes. Pichai says “I think so” — huge, because privacy is not currently a major focus of antitrust law! — PolitiTweet.org

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@senatorshoshana @mmasnick @jack @RonWyden Even better! — PolitiTweet.org

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@mmasnick @senatorshoshana @jack @RonWyden I would watch the hell out of this — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Iyengarish: I wrote about the clock thing https://t.co/yWrmLFrZOq — PolitiTweet.org

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Lol just realizing that this was one of the few yes-or-no questions that got a yes-or-no answer https://t.co/xHD8tU4z9l — PolitiTweet.org

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(His answer: “Yes”) https://t.co/xHD8tU4z9l — PolitiTweet.org

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Rep. Kathleen Rice tells Jack, on his tweeting during the hearing: “Your multitasking skills are quite impressive.” — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @sfiegerman: Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey subtweeted Congress in real time while testifying before Congress https://t.co/GFoBvlww9u https://t… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @shanvav: NSA Director Nakasone said today something must be done to change the lack of visibility the government has into hacking campa… — PolitiTweet.org

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Jack’s final answer is still a dodge, but kind of reasonable considering that a member of Congress was essentially calling for the doxxing of individual Twitter employees in open session — PolitiTweet.org

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I’m back! What’d I miss? — PolitiTweet.org

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Gottta step away for a quick TV hit — lemme know if Jack subtweets Congress more — PolitiTweet.org

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Amazon says it’ll soon begin offering Covid vaccinations to its "front-line” employees at company facilities in three states — Missouri, Nevada and Kansas: https://t.co/UyLsf9Nwx6 — PolitiTweet.org

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@aterkel @Robillard @igorbobic It’s not too late to update, Igor — PolitiTweet.org

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Rep. Debbie Dingell asks Zuckerberg if he’d be open to laws allowing regulators to inspect social media algorithms. Zuck says algorithmic transparency is important but that it’s hard to allow direct analysis of the algorithms without exposing user data and violating privacy. — PolitiTweet.org

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A 15-minute recess. — PolitiTweet.org

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Lawmakers are throwing all of their outrage and anger at Zuckerberg, Dorsey and Pichai. But the execs also seem barely able to contain their contempt for those on the dais. https://t.co/6qbe5F5kAb — PolitiTweet.org

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Sounds like Pichai just promised that FLoC will also abide by prohibitions on ad discrimination “based on sensitive categories, including race." — PolitiTweet.org