On Wednesday, September 5, 2018, the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee held a hearing on foreign influence campaigns’ use of social media platforms. Several senators criticized Google for not attending the hearing, while Facebook and Twitter sent top executives. Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) cited CfA’s research in their criticisms of Google, specifically CfA’s successful effort to pose as a Russian troll farm to buy Google ads.

Watch Sen. Rubio’s comments:

Senator Marco Rubio criticizes Google for not appearing in Congress to answer tough questions. Watch at https://t.co/EYmHTvbi73 pic.twitter.com/3oVubZErBC

— Bloomberg TV (@BloombergTV) September 5, 2018

Watch Sen. Warner’s comments: