An empty seat for Google is seen during a Senate intelligence committee hearing concerning foreign influence operations' use of social media platforms. Drew Angerer/Getty Images The empty chair for Google at a hearing before Congress came with a series of unanswered questions.
On Wednesday, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testified before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence about social media companies and foreign influence in the US. Google, however, declined to send its CEO.
The committee had invited Larry Page, CEO of Google parent Alphabet, and Google CEO Sundar Pichai.