London: UK Prince Harry said that he had warned the chief executive of Twitter before the January 6 Capitol riots that the social media site was being used to fuel political unrest in the United States capital.
Afflict The remarks came on Tuesday when he was participating in an online panel on misinformation in California. He said he conveyed his concerns to Twitter’s CEO via email jack dorsey The day before the riots.
“Jack and I were emailing each other before January 6th, where I warned him that his platform was allowing a coup,” Harry said in the RE: Wired tech forum. “That email was sent a day ago and then it happened and I haven’t heard from him since then.”
Twitter declined to comment on Harry’s remarks.
Social media sites have come under criticism for not doing enough to stop the spread of misinformation and inflammatory content, and for storming America. Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump Often cited as an example of the consequences of allowing hatred to flourish. Big Tech in general has been accused of putting growth and profits ahead of public safety.
Harry accused other social media sites such as Facebook of misleading “billions of people” by providing misinformation about COVID-19 and climate change. He also took to YouTube, saying that several videos spreading COVID-19 misinformation were dropped despite the site violating the site’s own policies.
“And even worse, they came to users through the recommendation tool within YouTube’s own algorithm, which is exactly what the user was looking for,” he said. “It really shows it can be stopped but they didn’t want to stop. That’s because it affects their bottom line.”
Harry was listed on the Tech Forum as a co-founder of his non-profit organization Archwell. Earlier this year he joined the Aspen Institute, a US think tank that investigates misinformation and propaganda in the media, as a commissioner.
Harry and his wife, the Duchess of Sussex, announced in early 2020 that they were leaving royal duties and moving to North America in what they said were unbearable intrusions and racist behavior from the British media.
Afflict The remarks came on Tuesday when he was participating in an online panel on misinformation in California. He said he conveyed his concerns to Twitter’s CEO via email jack dorsey The day before the riots.
“Jack and I were emailing each other before January 6th, where I warned him that his platform was allowing a coup,” Harry said in the RE: Wired tech forum. “That email was sent a day ago and then it happened and I haven’t heard from him since then.”
Twitter declined to comment on Harry’s remarks.
Social media sites have come under criticism for not doing enough to stop the spread of misinformation and inflammatory content, and for storming America. Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump Often cited as an example of the consequences of allowing hatred to flourish. Big Tech in general has been accused of putting growth and profits ahead of public safety.
Harry accused other social media sites such as Facebook of misleading “billions of people” by providing misinformation about COVID-19 and climate change. He also took to YouTube, saying that several videos spreading COVID-19 misinformation were dropped despite the site violating the site’s own policies.
“And even worse, they came to users through the recommendation tool within YouTube’s own algorithm, which is exactly what the user was looking for,” he said. “It really shows it can be stopped but they didn’t want to stop. That’s because it affects their bottom line.”
Harry was listed on the Tech Forum as a co-founder of his non-profit organization Archwell. Earlier this year he joined the Aspen Institute, a US think tank that investigates misinformation and propaganda in the media, as a commissioner.
Harry and his wife, the Duchess of Sussex, announced in early 2020 that they were leaving royal duties and moving to North America in what they said were unbearable intrusions and racist behavior from the British media.
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