Good morning at 9:30AM ET, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence will hear testimony from Twitter CEO @jack Dorsey. Here are some takeaways from his opening remarks. Full remarks linked in last post.
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On perceived political bias on Twitter: "Twitter does not use political ideology to make any decisions, whether related to ranking content on our service or how we enforce our rules. "
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"We do not shadowban anyone based on political ideology. In fact, from a simple business perspective and to serve the public conversation, Twitter is incentivized to keep all voices on the platform.”
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What is shadowbanning? Shadowbanning is a method that emphasizes some accounts in search results over others, while not a direct ban, it works indirectly.
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“The notion that we would silence any political perspective is antithetical to our commitment to free expression."
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