Nice to see this. After having watched a few dozen hearings here, Canada, UK, Ireland even Singapore, I have a few thoughts of course. A lot of really great topics here. /1 justsecurity.org/75439/question…
One ask, we do need to stop repeating the meme of the Hatch question 3yrs ago. All parties globally are much more sophisticated, hearings have been a lot smarter. It plays into their hands to repeat it and reinforces the public belief Facebook and Google are invincible. /2
Again, lots of good questions here. Some are too long for a hearing of this size better for Questions for Record - especially if Congress demands actual answers. Here are some of my favorites. /3
Up top, I really like @zittrain question as it’s simply and points to the relationship between their algorithmic amplification decisions and profit seeking vs public service. /4 
In the Zuckerberg questions, it actually would be good to get verbal testimony on the very first one in how Facebook can reframe statistics to mislead public, press and lawmakers. /5
#3 is also a great question about whether information integrity is assessed in deciding how algorithmic amplification decisions are made. I would like to hear this answer from Dorsey and Zuckerberg at the same time. /6
#6, I would reframe. We know Twitter purposely doesn’t include policy and comms in content/account moderation decision-making We know Facebook includes entire family tree of lobbyists. Let’s get direct answers on who is most often consulted. Happy to help w this question. /6
Both of @DamianCollins questions, #7 and #8, super good. He knows from prior hearings how to follow up. Need answers on both of these, the latter is from recent evidence and an ongoing lawsuit in Massachusetts AG. /7
#13, understand intent but would avoid. Forbes stat on charging docs mentions was misleading. Most mentions have to do with evidence after fact from misdemeanor charges. The role spreading big lie (def FB) and then planning tools (eg Telegram) are much more important. /8
Anyway more later. It takes a village. Really good to see experts sharing thoughts with this list and ideally all of them get asked in follow up. For verbal, stay narrow and probe deeper. Public knows what happened. Need real answers from them. /9
Sorry all ⬆️was related to Facebook. I’ll read Google tomorrow. They still never even have a straight answer how they made Russia Today into the #2 YouTube news channel. Meanwhile you may enjoy this Facebook thread. /10
https://twitter.com/jason_kint/status/1372264578499948551
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