Mark Zuckerberg Could Be Held in Contempt of Congress: What to Know
The GOP-led House Judiciary Committee threatened a vote Thursday on whether to recommend holding Meta Platforms’ Mark Zuckerberg in contempt of Congress unless he turns over internal company documents, part of a long-running debate about the proper relationship between government officials and social-media companies. Republicans say Meta and other social-media companies are censoring conservative views, sometimes under pressure from the government. Democrats say the government must work with the companies to respond to election manipulation and other threats.
The tensions have already led to a court fight that threatens to upend how the government and social-media companies deal with perceived online threats. Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, now finds itself front and center of that debate. On Thursday afternoon, Rep.
Jim Jordan (R., Ohio) said in a tweet that the vote had been canceled because Meta had begun producing documents. “To be clear, contempt is still on the table and WILL be used if Facebook fails to cooperate in FULL," he said. Here is what to know: How did we get here? Jordan, chair of the Judiciary Committee, late last year asked Metato turn over internal documents about its content-moderation decisions—oftencontroversial calls about whether to ban accounts or suppress posts.
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