Google, Facebook CEOs could face subpoena from Senate Panel

The Senate Commerce Committee will vote on whether to subpoena the chief executive officers of Google, Facebook and Twitter because they have declined testify on a legal shield that protects online platforms against lawsuits, a committee spokesperson said.

The vote to issue subpoenas for Sundar Pichai of Google, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook and Twitter’s Jack Dorsey will take place on October 1, the committee said on Thursday afternoon. On Thursday night, the spokesperson, Alexis DeJarnette, said all three executives had refused to appear. Earlier,