Jack Dorsey told Congress under oath Twitter was not shadow-banning, a lie?
Jack Dorsey told Congress under oath Twitter was not shadow-banning Jack Dorsey appeared before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on September 2018 to discuss "Transparency and Accountability.
" Jack Dorsey appeared before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on September 2018 to discuss "Transparency and Accountability."
AFP via Getty Images Latest `Twitter Files` reveals how staffers pushed for new policy to ban Trump Former Twitter boss Jack Dorsey once testified under oath in 2018 that his company never shadow banned or censored conservative users.
The claims have blown up amid a series of disclosures by the company — now under new management by billionaire and free-speech advocate Elon Musk, who bought it in October — showing a systemic effort to silence prominent conservative voices on the platform.
Dorsey appeared before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on September 2018 to discuss “Transparency and Accountability” at the company.
“I want to read a few quotes about Twitter`s practices and I just want you to tell me if they`re true or not,” Rep. Mike Doyle (D-Penn.) said. Dorsey appeared before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on September 2018.
“Twitter`s shadow-banning prominent Republicans… is that true?” Doyle followed.
“No,” Dorsey said a third time. In another exchange with Rep. Steve Scalise, (R-La.), Dorsey told the Congressman that any shadow-banning of GOP lawmakers by the company`s algorithm “was not written with that intention.
” But in recent days Musk and journalists Matt Taibbi and Bari Weiss have released bombshell reports proving extensive political censorship at Twitter, based on a vast trove of internal documents.
Catch up on Twitter`s censorship of The Post`s Hunter Biden laptop story Happening now: Latest `Twitter Files` reveals how workers pushed for new policy to ban Trump Our original report: Smoking-gun email reveals how Hunter Biden introduced Ukrainian businessman to VP dad Twitter`s secret shadow bans show why The initial batch of communications revealed that Democrat insiders collaborated with Twitter to suppress The Post`s coverage of Hunter Biden`s laptop ahead of the 2020 presidential election.
Video of the former CEO dismissing shadow-banning went viral on Twitter this weekend.
Rep. Mike Doyle questioned Dorsey at the 2018 proceedings. Rep. Mike Doyle questioned Dorsey at the 2018 proceedings.
Light Rocket via Getty Images “On its face, Dorsey has vulnerability after the latest release.
Dorsey was repeatedly asked about censoring and shadow banning, which has now been confirmed in these files,” George Washington University Law Professor Jonathan Turley told The Post.
