Joint
Hearing:
“A Country in Crisis: How Disinformation Online Is Dividing the Nation”
Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce (Committee on Energy and Commerce)
Subcommittee on Communications and Technology (Committee on Energy and Commerce)
Wednesday, June 24, 2020 (11:30 AM)
Select one
Washington, D.C.
Member and witness participation will be through Cisco Webex Virtual Platform. Public access via the Committee website at http://energycommerce.house.gov.
Witnesses
Ms. Brandi Collins-Dexter
Senior Campaign Director, Color of Change
- Witness Statement
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- Responses to Questions for the Record
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- Witness Truth in Testimony
[PDF]
- Witness Biography
[PDF]
Dr. Hany Farid
Professor, University of California, Berkeley
- Witness Statement
[PDF]
- Responses to Questions for the Record
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- Witness Truth in Testimony
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- Witness Biography
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Mr. Neil Fried
Principal, DigitalFrontiers Advocacy
- Witness Statement
[PDF]
- Responses to Questions for the Record
[PDF]
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- Witness Truth in Testimony
[PDF]
- Witness Biography
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Mr. Spencer Overton
President, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
- Witness Statement
[PDF]
- Responses to Questions for the Record
[PDF]
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- Witness Truth in Testimony
[PDF]
- Witness Biography
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Support Documents
- Hearing Notice
[PDF]
- Briefing Memo
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- Document for the Record - Letter from the National Hispanic Media Coalition
[PDF]
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- Document for the Record - Letter from a Coalition for Safer Web
[PDF]
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- Document for the Record - Letter from CCIA-NetChoice
[PDF]
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- Document for the Record - Letter from Zeve Sanderson, the Executive Director of NYU's Center for Social Media & Politics
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- Document for the Record - Letter from Public Knowledge
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- Document for the Record - Statement from the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
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- Document for the Record - Essay by Mr. Spencer Overton
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- Document for the Record - A Wall Street Journal article, “Facebook Executives Shut Down Efforts to Make the Site Less Divisive”
[PDF]
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- Document for the Record - Letter to Facebook on civil rights issues from Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester and others
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- Document for the Record - Letter from the Lithuanian-American Community
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- Document for the Record - Letter from the Central and East European Coalition
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- Document for the Record - Research from Debunk EU
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- Document for the Record - Letter from the Open Technology Institute
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- Document for the Record - Letter from Consumer Reports
[PDF]
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Member Statements
- Opening Statement - Full Committee Chairman Pallone
[PDF]
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- Rep. Anna G. Eshoo
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- Opening Statement - Subcommittee Ranking Member Rodgers
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- Opening Statement - Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky
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- Opening Statement - Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle
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- Opening Statement - Full Committee Ranking Member Walden
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- Opening Statement - Subcommittee Ranking Member Latta
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- Rep. Brett Guthrie
[PDF]
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Hearing Record
- Unedited Transcript
[PDF]
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First Published:
July 6, 2020 at 10:00 AM
Last Updated:
December 21, 2022 at 12:35 PM