Twitter's CEO in a recent interview said I "admit" our bias is "more left-leaning."
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey admitted that his company has a "more left-leaning" bias though he also maintained that their policies are the same regardless of politics.
During a recent interview with CNN, Dorsey said, "We realize that more and more people have fear of companies like ours."
"Are we doing something according to political ideology or viewpoints? We are not. Period," Dorsey also said. "We do not look at content with regards to political viewpoint or ideology. We look at behavior."
The tech leader continued, "I think we need to constantly show that we are not adding our own bias, which I fully admit is more left-leaning. We need to remove all bias from how we act and our policies and our enforcement and our tools."
Dorsey's interview happened amid increasing scrutiny over the power technology companies have in shaping the political discourse in the U.S.
For instance, conservatives have been speaking out against Twitter for temporarily suspending the account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones--a move echoing bans by Facebook and Apple.
One prominent critic has been President Trump, who tweeted Saturday, "Social Media is totally discriminating against Republican/Conservative voices. Speaking loudly and clearly for the Trump Administration, we won't let that happen. They are closing down the opinions of many people on the RIGHT, while at the same time doing nothing to others."
"Censorship is a very dangerous thing & absolutely impossible to police. If you are weeding out Fake News, there is nothing so Fake as CNN & MSNBC, & yet I do not ask that their sick behavior be removed. I get used to it and watch with a grain of salt, or don't watch at all," Trump continued.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey admitted that his company has a "more left-leaning" bias though he also maintained that their policies are the same regardless of politics.
During a recent interview with CNN, Dorsey said, "We realize that more and more people have fear of companies like ours."
"Are we doing something according to political ideology or viewpoints? We are not. Period," Dorsey also said. "We do not look at content with regards to political viewpoint or ideology. We look at behavior."
The tech leader continued, "I think we need to constantly show that we are not adding our own bias, which I fully admit is more left-leaning. We need to remove all bias from how we act and our policies and our enforcement and our tools."
Dorsey's interview happened amid increasing scrutiny over the power technology companies have in shaping the political discourse in the U.S.
For instance, conservatives have been speaking out against Twitter for temporarily suspending the account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones--a move echoing bans by Facebook and Apple.
One prominent critic has been President Trump, who tweeted Saturday, "Social Media is totally discriminating against Republican/Conservative voices. Speaking loudly and clearly for the Trump Administration, we won't let that happen. They are closing down the opinions of many people on the RIGHT, while at the same time doing nothing to others."
"Censorship is a very dangerous thing & absolutely impossible to police. If you are weeding out Fake News, there is nothing so Fake as CNN & MSNBC, & yet I do not ask that their sick behavior be removed. I get used to it and watch with a grain of salt, or don't watch at all," Trump continued.
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