Congress Terrorism & Extremism

Livestream: Hearing on Social Media Companies’ Efforts to Counter Extremist Content and Misinformation

Vishnu Kannan
Wednesday, June 26, 2019, 9:45 AM

The House Committee on Homeland Security will hold a hearing titled, “Examining Social Media Companies' Efforts to Counter Online Terror Content and Misinformation” at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday. A video of the hearing is available here and below.

Witnesses include

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The House Committee on Homeland Security will hold a hearing titled, “Examining Social Media Companies' Efforts to Counter Online Terror Content and Misinformation” at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday. A video of the hearing is available here and below.

Witnesses include

  • Ms. Monika Bickert, Head of Global Policy Management, Facebook
  • Mr. Nick Pickles, Global Senior Strategist for Public Policy, Twitter
  • Mr. Derek Slater, Global Director of Information Policy, Google
  • Ms. Nadine Strossen, John Marshall Harlan II Professor of Law, New York Law School


Vishnu Kannan is special assistant to the president at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Previously he was a James C. Gaither Junior Fellow in Carnegie’s Technology and International Affairs Program, a researcher at Lawfare and the Foreign Policy Research Institute, and an intern at the Brookings Institution. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University where he studied International Relations, Political Theory and Economics.

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