US social media tech giants under fire from Washington’s lawmakers

Tech companies are not likely to be off the hook in the Russia investigation for some time to come, writes, Bette Browne 

THE fallout from the US probe into Russian interference in the election of President Donald Trump is now threatening the might of the tech giants of social media in a showdown with Washington lawmakers who want to regulate political ads on the internet.

The face-off comes amid mounting concern in the US Congress over the lack of advertising transparency and how companies such as Google, Facebook, and Twitter have ended up profiting, however unwittingly, from Russia’s campaign to spread disinformation on their sites and meddle in the US election.