{"id":23573,"date":"2021-03-26T04:46:34","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T04:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rbsitsoftwaresolution.com\/blog\/twitter-ceo-jack-dorsey-busted-for-tweeting-during-congressional-hearing.html"},"modified":"2021-03-26T04:46:34","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T04:46:34","slug":"twitter-ceo-jack-dorsey-busted-for-tweeting-during-congressional-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/twitter-ceo-jack-dorsey-busted-for-tweeting-during-congressional-hearing.html","title":{"rendered":"Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey busted for tweeting during congressional hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey got called out by Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-NY) for tweeting during today\u2019s congressional hearing on disinformation and extremism.<\/a> The tech exec\u2019s tweet was likely expressing frustration with the format of the hearing, which once again saw the tech CEOs forced to boil down their answers to complicated questions into simple \u201cyes\u201d or \u201cno\u201d answers \u2014 or otherwise be cut off from responding. Cryptically, Dorsey this afternoon tweeted<\/a> out a Twitter poll with just one question: \u201c?\u201d that had only two answers to choose from: either a \u201cYes\u201d or \u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n

His post \u2014 or social commentary, if you will \u2014 did not go unnoticed.<\/p>\n

Before Rice moved into her line of questioning, which focused on platforms\u2019 ability to radicalize U.S. veterans\u2019 and military service members, she asked the Twitter CEO about his tweet.<\/p>\n

\u201cMr. Dorsey, what is winning \u2014 yes or no \u2014 on your Twitter account\u2026poll?,\u201d asked Rice, who sat in front of colorful wallpaper covered with flowers, butterflies, bugs and maybe snakes (??), which we agree was one of the better web conferencing backgrounds of the day \u2014 perhaps even besting Dorsey\u2019s decision to Zoom from his kitchen with a cleverly placed blockchain clock behind him<\/a>. (Because<\/a> of course<\/a> it\u2019s a blockchain clock. Of course<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

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Watch Zuckerberg, Pichai and Dorsey testify at the House hearing on disinformation and extremism<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\u201cYes,\u201d Dorsey answered simply, in the same monotone he used throughout the hearing, which tends to give the impression of someone who just can\u2019t get worked up over yet another congressional dog-and-pony show.<\/p>\n

\u201cHmmm,\u201d Rice admonished.<\/p>\n

\u201cYour multitasking skills are quite<\/em> impressive,\u201d she snarked, in a tone that did not seem to indicate she was actually impressed.<\/p>\n

In case you\u2019re wondering, \u201cYes\u201d was winning then and continues to win now, with 65.7% of the 65,626 total votes so far, compared with the just 34.3% who voted \u201cNo,\u201d as of the time of writing.<\/p>\n

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?<\/p>\n

\u2014 jack (@jack) March 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Perhaps there\u2019s some optimism left for social media after all?<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s time for Facebook and Twitter to coordinate efforts on hate speech<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Article source: http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/techcrunch\/social\/~3\/J8yP75xvYYU\/<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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