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Prince Harry tipped off Twitter about Captial riots

by on10 November 2021


Even Princes get ignored by Big Tech 

Ginger Prince Harry tipped off Twitter CEO ahead of the 6 January Capitol riots warning him that the site was being used to stage a right-wing coup but was ignored.

Harry made the comments while he was taking part in an online panel on misinformation in California. He said he made his concerns known via email to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey the day before the riot.

“Jack and I were emailing each other prior to 6 January where I warned him that his platform was allowing a coup to be staged,” Harry said at the at the RE:WIRED tech forum.

“That email was sent the day before and then it happened and I haven't heard from him since.”

Social media sites have come under fire for not doing enough to halt the spread of misinformation and inciteful content, with the storming of the US Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump.

Harry also accused other social media sites like Facebook of misleading “billions of people” with COVID and climate change misinformation. He also targeted YouTube, saying many videos spreading COVID misinformation were left up despite violating the site's own policies.

“And worse, they came to the users via the recommendation tool within YouTube's own algorithm versus anything that the user was actually searching for,'' he said. “It shows really that it can be stopped but also they didn't want to stop it because it affects their bottom line.'' 

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