KEY POINTS
  • The CEOs of Google, Facebook and Twitter released prepared remarks on Tuesday ahead of a hearing with the Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday.
  • Republicans and Democrats have expressed concern about how Twitter, Google and Facebook moderate, or fail to moderate, content posted by users.
  • Below are summaries of the prepared remarks.

The CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter released prepared remarks on Tuesday that warn against repealing Section 230, the statute that protects the social networks from liability for their users' posts. The remarks were released in advance of Wednesday's hearing with the Senate Commerce Committee.

The CEOs have been called in front of the committee because lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are concerned about how each company moderates, or sometimes fails to moderate, content posted by users.