By Nandita Bose
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee chaired by Republican Senator Roger Wicker will issue subpoenas to the chief executives of Twitter Inc <TWTR.N>, Alphabet Inc's Google <GOOGL.O> and Facebook Inc <FB.O> if they do not agree to testify at a hearing on Oct. 1.
The hearing will discuss a legal immunity known as Section 230 that technology companies have when it comes to liability over content posted by users.
Republican President Donald Trump has made holding tech companies accountable for allegedly stifling conservative voices a theme of his administration. As a result calls for a reform of tech's prized legal immunity have been intensifying ahead of the elections but has little chance to be approved by Congress this year
The committee will issue subpoenas if the technology ...
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