Senate Intelligence Committee invites Facebook to testify in Russia probe

The Senate Intelligence Committee has issued a request for Facebook to testify in an open hearing to examine how foreign actors may have used social media companies to influence the 2016 election. The hearing is set for Nov 1.

Committee leaders have also expressed interest in hearing from Twitter. Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-NC) said that it’s not important to him that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg or other top executives necessarily show up. “I think it’s more important that we get the person who’s most capable of talking about the technical aspects of what they need to do to identify foreign money that may come in and what procedures if any need to be put in law that make sure elections are not intruded by foreign entities,” Sen Burr said.