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Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter's Jack Dorsey and Google's Sundar Pichai go before the Senate Commerce Committee to defend Section 230, a law that protects them from lawsuits over users' posts.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to the VP of Content Policy at Facebook, Monika Bickert, who responds the whistleblower allegations by that suggest the company prioritizes profits over the safety.

The social network is expanding efforts to curb the spread of harmful misinformation about COVID-19 after pressure from an activist group.

Facebook is beginning to enforce a ban on white nationalist content this week. The move comes as Australia, Germany and other countries pass tough laws to curb hate speech.

Mark Zuckerberg is defending Facebook on Capitol Hill. Members of the House Financial Services Committee are grilling the CEO about the company's plans for a new digital currency and other issues.

"We don't feel we have had straight answers from Facebook," a member of the U.K. Parliament says. The company had fought to keep the records private; some are marked "highly confidential."

Has the social media site been good for our mental health or not? The evidence isn't straightforward, researchers say, despite lots of study. How Facebook makes you feel may depend on how you use it.

Ending an era at the Internet's biggest search company, Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page end their leadership roles. Sundar Pichai will become CEO of Google and its parent, Alphabet.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before two Senate panels Tuesday. Noel King talks to GOP Rep. Ryan Costello about Zuckerberg, who will testify Wednesday before two House panels about user data.

Senators excoriated Navy Department witnesses, including the commandant and sergeant major of the Marine Corps, over an online ring in which service members shared explicit photos of their female colleagues. The Pentagon is investigating a scandal that now appears to go beyond just the Marine Corps as first believed.