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Politico: Senators to Facebook, Google, Twitter – Wake up to Russian threat

Published Nov. 1, 2017. Updated Nov. 1 at 9:42 pm

(L-R) Vice President and General Counsel for Facebook Colin Stretch, General Counsel for Twitter Sean Edgett, and Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Google Kent Walker testify during a hearing before the Senate (Select) Intelligence Committee Nov. 1 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.

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Senators from both parties blasted Facebook, Google and Twitter for failing to grasp the magnitude of Russia’s interference in the US presidential election, but some Republicans sought to blunt Democratic concerns that the meddling helped Donald Trump win the White House.