House Commerce Committee Democratic Reps Request Monthly Reports from Facebook, Google and Twitter On COVID-19 Misinformation

House Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Oversight Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO), Communications Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) sent letters to Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai and Jack Dorsey, the CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter, to request information on their companies’ response to disinformation regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. In June, in an effort to increase transparency and accountability, the European Commission requested that certain companies produce monthly reports detailing actions they have taken to address COVID-19 disinformation on their platforms. Facebook, Google and Twitter have reportedly agreed to produce these reports to the European Commission. The Reps also requested briefings to discuss the information the companies intend to produce in these monthly reports and to hear more about the efforts currently underway to combat COVID-19 disinformation on these platforms.