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    5 Takeaways From Big Tech's Misinformation Hearing

    The leaders of Facebook, Twitter, and Google were not eager to admit fault when it comes to bad information on their platforms, but it's clear Congress is getting closer to regulation.
    by Miles Parks Mar 25, 2021 5 minutes
    Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Facebook Inc., speaks virtually during a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittees hearing.

    Big Tech taking questions from Congress is becoming a quarterly event.

    The latest edition came Thursday, when Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter's Jack Dorsey, and Google's Sundar Pichai appeared virtually before the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

    The hearing was centered around misinformation. It was the first time the executives took questions from lawmakers since the riot at the U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump supporters on Jan. 6 and since the widespread rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine began.

    Here are five takeaways from the virtual hearing (which featured surprising few technical issues, other than the usual confusion over finding the mute button):

    1) Everyone is mad

    "It sounds like everybody on both sides of the aisle is not happy," said Fred Upton, R-Mich.

    Indeed, Thursday's hearing laid bare just how frustrated lawmakers are with the social media platforms right now.

    And Americans mostly agree: recently found that about two-thirds

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