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CQ on Congress, Episode 118

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives to testify in April before a joint hearing of the Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committees. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

By Shawn Zeller and Gopal Ratnam

Posted August 31, 2018 at 12:51pm

Twitter, Facebook and possibly Google executives are preparing to testify before Senate and House committees next week over concerns that foreign governments could use their platforms to interfere in the upcoming midterm elections. CQ cybersecurity reporter Gopal Ratnam gives us a primer on what to expect.

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