FACEBOOK TO CONGRESS: ‘NOTHING TO SHARE’ ON COVID MISINFO — The company offered a 79-word snub to a three-page letter sent by Reps. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) and Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) last month, an exchange likely to stoke tensions between Silicon Valley and the Hill after weeks of unease.

— What we’re watching: Schakowsky and Eshoo both hold Energy and Commerce subcommittee gavels, and if they don’t receive the responses they want in writing, they could try to force an official from the social media titan to testify. (Don’t forget, it was just months ago that CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before E&C.)

— Congress could subpoena the company itself to try to secure answers, an approach favored by advocacy group The American Economic Liberties Project, which seeks to break up tech giants. “Facebook’s terse rejection of basic oversight even as the coronavirus pandemic rapidly worsens is disgraceful,” said executive director Sarah Miller, arguing lawmakers should “immediately” compel answers this way. (Facebook offered no immediate comment on the prospect.)

Facebook won’t comment on details around its advertising, such as the revenue raised from users’ engagement with misinformation, and has already publicly detailed its attempts at cracking down on misinformation, the company told lawmakers.