Senate Intelligence Committee Declines Visit From Google SVP
The Senate Intelligence Committee declined Google’s offer to send Senior Vice President-Global Affairs Kent Walker to testify at a hearing next week alongside executives from Facebook and Twitter (see 1808290059), a committee aide said Thursday. Walker testified before the committee…
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in November, and lawmakers sought a senior-level decision-maker when inviting Alphabet CEO Larry Page to the hearing, the aide said. “While the committee expressed willingness to consider other senior executives, to date the company has not confirmed a senior leadership official to testify.” Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg will testify on foreign influence on social media. The aide cited remarks from Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., saying if Google senior leadership “chooses not to be part of the solution to this pressing national security threat, that is their decision to make. However, it is the committee’s hope that they will decide to participate in next week’s hearing.” Google didn’t comment.