Live replay: Twitter & Facebook CEOs slammed for silencing Republicans

"DANGEROUS" Twitter and Facebook were accused of silencing Republican voices by Ted Cruz in the Senate's "censorship" grilling.

The Senate Judiciary Committee's virtual hearing kicked off on Tuesday and saw senators question Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg about their practices.

While Democratic senators decried the spread of misinformation about the 2020 vote and coronavirus, Republicans claimed conservative views were being silenced online.

Pro-Trump Cruz quizzed Dorsey about "censoring" the New York Post's "Ukraine, crack, and sex" scandal about Hunter Biden and silencing GOP members.

Cruz said although Big Tech enjoyed the benefits of America's internet speech laws laid out in Section 230, they "engaged in publishing decisions."

"You put up a page that says, 'Voter fraud of any kind is exceedingly rare,'" Cruz said, telling Dorsey: "you don't get to pretend you're not a publisher."

"That's not linking to a broader conversation, that's taking a disputed policy position and you're a publisher when you're doing that," he continued.

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‘Dangerous’ Twitter and Facebook accused of SILENCING Republican voices by Ted Cruz in ‘censorship’ grilling
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