Facebook, Google and Twitter Face a Reckoning in Washington

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(Bloomberg) -- Fake news, Russia and the U.S. election: It's been one of the biggest stories over the last year. Last week, it all came to a head as Congress summoned representatives from Facebook, Google and Twitter to explain how Russia used their platforms to sway the minds of American voters. This week on Decrypted, Bloomberg Technology's Sarah Frier, Gerrit De Vynck and Joshua Brustein discuss how we got here and what consequences these tech giants could face as lawmakers prepare to take action.

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To contact the authors of this story: Sarah Frier in San Francisco at sfrier1@bloomberg.net, Joshua Brustein in New York at jbrustein@bloomberg.net, Gerrit De Vynck in New York at gdevynck@bloomberg.net.

To contact the editors responsible for this story: Pia Gadkari at pgadkari@bloomberg.net, Liz Smith Magnus Henriksson

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