⁍ Lawmakers seek ways to hold Big Tech accountable for how they moderate content on their platforms.

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⁍ The hearing was about Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.

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⁍ It offers big tech platforms protections from liability over content posted by users.

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– Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Google’s Sundar Pichai testified before the Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday in a hearing meant to shed light on the companies’ role in the internet ecosystem and how they’re handling content that isn’t their own. The main focus of the hearing was Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which offers tech companies immunity from lawsuits over content posted by users, reports Reuters. The idea was that such protection was necessary to encourage the emergence of new types of communications and services at the dawn of the internet era. Dorsey said the companies were “misguided” in how they handled content that wasn’t their own, reports the New York Times. “We have never tried to censor anybody,” he said. “We’ve removed hate speech, we’ve taken down child porn, we’ve taken down hate speech of all kinds.” Facebook said in a statement that it “will continue to work with Congress, the media, and civil liberties groups to ensure we are providing a free and open Internet for all Americans.” Google said in a statement that it “will continue to work with Congress, the media, and civil liberties groups to ensure we are providing a free and open Internet for all Americans.”