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- Google is set to be empty-chaired by the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday during a crucial hearing on election interference.
- Sundar Pichai and Larry Page declined to give evidence alongside Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey.
- Instead, the company will send its top lawyer, Kent Walker, to Washington to provide written testimony to senators.
- Empty chairing is not without precedent, but the stakes have rarely been so high, making Google's absence all the more pronounced.
There is little debate that election interference online is an existential threat to democracy. It played a role in the US presidential election two years ago, may have had some bearing over Britain's decision to leave the EU, and is an issue governments are wrestling with the world over.
It is why the top executives from Facebook, Twitter, and Google have been summoned by the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday, where they have been asked to give evidence on foreign influence operations on their platforms ahead of the US midterms in November.
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