As hearings took place before Congress on Big Tech’s use of Section 230 to censor content, the most interesting revelation came from Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey who seemed to admit that the platform relies on outrage mobs to flag up posts that are then deemed to be ‘misinformation’.
Dorsey made the admission as Senator Rick Scott was questioning him, noting “We don’t have a general policy around misleading information and misinformation… We rely upon people calling that speech out.”
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Twitter users provided a helpful translation:
Dorsey says Twitter doesn’t have a general policy on misinformation. “we rely on people calling it out.” Even Twitter is outsourcing policy making to progressive Twitter.
— Megan McArdle (@asymmetricinfo) October 28, 2020
Who yells the loudest gets their way…
— K-cup Barista (@mdphdfacs) October 29, 2020
If I was a bigger troll, with a bigger following, I'd try to report one of Jack's tweets until it got removed by the algorithm.
— Al Sadius (@Alsadius) October 28, 2020
While Dorsey admits to the censorship mobs at Twitter, the fact that he recently went on the record with his disapproval infers that he doesn’t have full control over the actions of the platform:
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Alex Jones breaks down how the CEO of Spotify and Jack Dorsey are against the leftist censorship mobs
Elsewhere during the hearing, Senator Ted Cruz declared that Twitter, Facebook and Google pose the “single greatest threat to free speech in America and the greatest threat we have to free and fair elections.”
Sen. Ted Cruz: "The three witnesses we have before this committee collectively pose I believe the single greatest threat to free speech in America and the greatest threat we have to free and fair elections." #Section230 pic.twitter.com/MW274kMu1X
— ForAmerica (@ForAmerica) October 28, 2020
Cruz asked Dorsey if he believes Twitter has the ability to influence election outcomes, to which Dorsey replied “no”… an answer Cruz described as “absurd.”
“If you don’t think you have the power to influence elections, why do you block anything?” Cruz asked.
CRUZ: "Does Twitter have the ability to influence elections?"
DORSEY: "No"
CRUZ: "If you don't think you have the power to influence elections, why do you block anything?" pic.twitter.com/6N21uxDvjw
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) October 28, 2020
Dorsey admitted that “more accountability is needed.”
Cruz then asked Dorsey “Who the hell elected you and put you in charge of what the media are allowed to report and what the American people are allowed to hear?”
“Mr. Dorsey, who the hell elected you?” Ted Cruz says.
“We realize we need to earn trust more. We realize more accountability is needed," Jack Dorsey responds.
Twitter shares taking a hit after that round of questioning ?https://t.co/YVXYzGhOZo pic.twitter.com/4TLDsgHZ8U
— Bloomberg Technology (@technology) October 28, 2020
Elsewhere, Dorsey admitted that Twitter has no evidence that the New York Post reports on Hunter Biden were ‘Russian disinformation’, and that they censored them anyway:
“We don’t”: Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey admits they don't have any evidence to say the New York Post Biden story is disinformationhttps://t.co/pCnv4L9doW pic.twitter.com/O4iye3COEo
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) October 28, 2020
Dorsey also admitted that under Twitter’s twisted ‘misinformation’ rules, The US President’s tweets can be censored, where as Iran’s ayatollah cannot be prevented from questioning the Holocaust:
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey defends not flagging tweets denying the Holocaust as misinformation, while flagging the president's tweetshttps://t.co/63qT3FSx8p pic.twitter.com/hkk9MgR3XA
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) October 28, 2020
After the hearings were over, Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) slammed Dorsey, calling him a “partisan and a hypocrite,” as well as laying into Democrats, noting that “Not a single Democrat Senator defended free speech or freedom of the press today.”
“This should terrify Americans,” Crenshaw added:
Biggest take away from the big tech hearings:
1) Jack Dorsey is a partisan and a hypocrite.
2) There are no liberals left in the Democrat Party. Not a single Democrat Senator defended free speech or freedom of the press today.
This should terrify Americans.
— Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) October 28, 2020
It appeared that President Trump was also watching the hearings:
REPEAL SECTION 230!!!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 6, 2020
