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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testifies during a remote video hearing held by subcommittees of the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee on "Social Media's Role in Promoting Extremism and Misinformation" in Washington, U.S., March 25, 2021.  U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee/Handout via Reuters
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testifies during a congressional hearing to examine the role of technology companies in online misinformation and extremism March 25, 2021. (Handout via Reuters)

Last week, the CEOs of major tech companies appeared before Congress to testify for the first time since the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, which was fueled in part by online misinformation. On this week’s Arbiters of Truth, Evelyn Douek and Quinta Jurecic of Lawfare sit down with Issie Lapowsky, a senior reporter at Protocol, to discuss the testimony and platforms’ struggle contain far-right extremism online.