Senate Commerce Urges Facebook Probe, Chinese Export Restrictions, Microsoft IoT Security Survey

Senators are concerned over Facebook’s practices for advertising and hate speech moderation.

Senate Commerce Urges Facebook Probe, Chinese Export Restrictions, Microsoft IoT Security Survey
Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell, D-Wash.

December 10, 2021 – In a potentially damaging move to Facebook, Senate Commerce Committee chair Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., has urged the Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether parent company Meta has misled businesses over efforts to protect them from hate speech and overstated the reach of Facebook advertising.

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