Ex-Twitter execs: Mistake to block Hunter Biden story
STORY: Republicans on Wednesday grilled former Twitter executives at a day-long hearing in the House, and accused them of unfairly suppressing a New York Post article about a laptop said to belong to President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter.
At issue was Twitter’s decision to temporarily block tweets about the article on the laptop, just two weeks before the 2020 election.
The executives admitted on Wednesday that decision was a mistake.
Republican congressman James Comer is the Chairman of the House Oversight Committee.
"America witnessed a coordinated campaign by social media companies, mainstream news and the intelligence community to suppress and de-legitimize the existence of Hunter Biden's laptop and its contents."
Former Twitter head of truth and safety Yael Roth said the company had to make a quick decision about whether to let users share the laptop story which they mistakenly believed contained hacked material.
“In 2020, Twitter noticed activity related to the laptop that at first glance bore a lot of similarities to the 2016 Russian hacking leak operation targeting the DNC. And we had to decide what to do. And in that moment, with limited information, Twitter made a mistake.”
The company reversed the decision within 24 hours.
Democratic Representative Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez called the hearing a waste of time.
"It's just an abuse of public resources and abuse of public time. We could be talking about healthcare. We could be talking about bringing down the cost of prescription drugs. We could be talking about abortion rights, civil rights, voting rights. But instead, we're talking about Hunter Biden's half fake laptop story. I mean, this is an embarrassment."
While Republican representative Marjorie Taylor Greene used the occasion to scold the former Twitter executives for banning her from Twitter for several years and suppressing content on the platform.
"You abused the power of a large corporation, Big Tech to censor Americans. And you want to know something? Guess what? I'm so glad that you're censored down. I'm so glad you've lost your jobs. Thank God, Elon Musk bought Twitter."
Representative Jamie Raskin, the panel's top Democrat, urged members to keep in mind that Twitter is a private company with the power to choose its own content.
相關影片推薦
- 1:48富邦陳金鋒總教練上前抗議判決 遭驅逐出場中華職棒大聯盟影音18,271 次觀看・17 小時前
- 1:48嘉義2診所醫師涉詐領健保 2醫師各50萬交保華視影音26,492 次觀看・20 小時前
- 2:47唐綺陽運勢 / 本週星座運勢:4/22~4/28一周星象預報!適逢節氣交替,多注意身體健康!唐綺陽談星室11,456 次觀看・1 天前
- 1:30雲林上千顆西瓜遭"割藤" 農民氣炸痛罵"沒天理民視影音16,035 次觀看・1 天前
- 2:54巴黎奧運倒數 盤點多國隊服 法國開幕超「紳士」、日本「低碳」亮相Yahoo奇摩(國際通)16,671 次觀看・1 天前
- 1:045/1確定無法全國放假! 「非勞工」仍要上班華視影音184,990 次觀看・1 天前
- 1:40陳致遠夫婦被「落石砸車」 驚險畫面曝光|#鏡新聞鏡新聞113,027 次觀看・23 小時前
- 6:11強震來臨這3個縣市最危險 李鴻源曝災防都更因「票房毒藥」難行今天誰來沛301,835 次觀看・1 天前
- 1:46嘉義兒科名醫與連襟聯手涉詐健保費 10年詐領百萬TVBS新聞網影音1,980 次觀看・16 小時前
- 2:01搶爆!台積電美廠徵水電工 台師傅:超心動東森新聞影音2,523 次觀看・17 小時前