"Nearly all social media platforms -- including the three companies represented at Tuesday's hearing -- use algorithms to curate what their users see and when they see it," Sen. Chris Coons, who is chairing the hearing, told me Monday. "These algorithms impact what billions of people read, watch, and think every single day, and it's critical that Congress and the American public understand how they work and how we can curb the amplification of misinformation and political polarization."
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