House Republicans have added Facebook’s parent company, Meta, to their investigation of online search platforms in relation to the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.
Their top concern is the possibility that government agencies may have pressured tech companies to suppress information about the July 13 shooting.
“The Committee remains wary about the potential for Executive Branch officials to exert pressure on technology companies to remove, suppress, and restrict newsworthy content,” House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) wrote in an Aug. 14 letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
Both Meta and Google faced scrutiny in the wake of the shooting when users observed irregularities with their platforms’ responses to the incident….