As Tech Founders Resign, Congress Loses Its Favorite Targets

On Monday, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced that he would be stepping down from the company he co-founded over 15 years ago.

The news came as a shock to both Twitter’s own users and its investors on Wall Street. But in Dorsey’s resignation letter to staff, he showed no surprise, writing that it was “finally time” for him to leave and that he made his decision to step aside solely on his own.

His resignation follows years of mounting pressure from Congress against social media platforms like Twitter over concerns ranging from...