Hearing on "Holding Big Tech Accountable: Targeted Reforms to Tech's Legal Immunity"
The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology of the Committee on Energy and Commerce held a hybrid legislative hearing that included both in-person and remote attendance on Wednesday, December 1, 2021, at 10:30 a.m. This hearing took place in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building, as well as remotely using Cisco Webex online video conferencing. The Hearing is entitled, "Holding Big Tech Accountable: Targeted Reforms to Tech's Legal Immunity."
Key Documents
Memorandum from Chairman Pallone to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
Opening Statement from Chairman Pallone as prepared for delivery
Opening Statement from Subcommittee Chairman Doyle as prepared for delivery
Livestream
Legislation
H.R. 2154, the "Protecting Americans from Dangerous Algorithms Act"
H.R. 3184, the "Civil Rights Modernization Act of 2021"
H.R. 3421, the "Safeguarding Against Fraud, Exploitation, Threats, Extremism, and Consumer Harms Act" or the "SAFE TECH Act"
H.R. 5596, the "Justice Against Malicious Algorithms Act of 2021"
Witnesses
Panel I
Frances Haugen
Former Facebook Employee
Rashad Robinson
President
Color of Change
James Steyer
Founder and CEO
Common Sense Media
Kara Frederick
Research Fellow in Technology Policy
The Heritage Foundation
Panel II
Hon. Karen Kornbluh
Director, Digital Innovation and Democracy Initiative and Senior Fellow
The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Carrie Goldberg, Esq.
Owner
C.A. Goldberg Law Firm, PLLC
Matthew F. Wood
Vice President of Policy and General Counsel
Free Press Action
Mary Anne Franks, J.D., D.Phil.
Professor of Law and Michael R. Klein Distinguished Scholar Chair, University of Miami
School of Law
President and Legislative & Tech Policy Director, Cyber Civil Rights Initiative
Eugene Volokh
Gary T. Schwartz Distinguished Professor of Law
UCLA School of Law
Daniel A. Lyons
Professor & Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Boston College Law School
Nonresident Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute