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said on Monday it will hold a \"listening session\" with officials from more than a
dozen states on Tuesday to discuss consumer protection and the technology industry, an
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er":"_anf-body-1","layout":"ComponentLayout-31","role":"body","text":"The meeting,
first announced on Sept. 5, was called by Attorney General Jeff Sessions to discuss
whether social media companies have intentionally stifled \"the free exchange of
ideas.\" It followed criticisms by President Donald Trump of social media outlets,
alleging unfair treatment of
conservatives.","textStyle":"body","type":"text"}],"identifier":"_anf-container-
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meet with attorneys general or representatives from California, Louisiana, Missouri,
Nebraska, and Texas, among others, said the official, who declined to be
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to focus on companies like Facebook Inc FB.O, Twitter Inc TWTR.N and Google owner
Alphabet Inc GOOGL.O, which have been accused by some conservatives of seeking to
exclude their ideas.","textStyle":"body","type":"text"}],"identifier":"_anf-container-
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have denied any bias.","textStyle":"body","type":"text"}],"identifier":"_anf-container-
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er":"_anf-body-5","layout":"ComponentLayout-31","role":"body","text":"As of Monday, two
people familiar with the planning said that they had not yet seen an agenda for the
meeting. Last Friday, a person familiar with the discussions said the Justice
Department was considering delaying the
meeting.","textStyle":"body","type":"text"}],"identifier":"_anf-container-
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er":"_anf-body-6","layout":"ComponentLayout-31","role":"body","text":"The Justice
Department had previously said it had invited a bipartisan group of 24 state attorneys
general to attend the Sept. 25
meeting.","textStyle":"body","type":"text"}],"identifier":"_anf-container-
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General Ken Paxton has said that he worries about suppression of conservative ideas on
Facebook, Twitter and other social
media.","textStyle":"body","type":"text"}],"identifier":"_anf-container-
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Attorney General Xavier Becerra from California, home to much of the tech industry,
said that he looked forward to a \"thoughtful\"
meeting.","textStyle":"body","type":"text"}],"identifier":"_anf-container-
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er":"_anf-body-9","layout":"ComponentLayout-31","role":"body","text":"Representative
Greg Walden, chair of the House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee, said
in a hearing this month that Twitter had made \"mistakes\" that, he said, minimized
Republicans' presence on its site, a practice conservatives have labeled \"shadow

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