TECH: Jack Dorsey claimed this week that Twitter doesn't include a ban on Holocaust denial as part of their misinformation policy (UK,DE)
Jack Dorsey claimed this week that Twitter doesn't include a ban on Holocaust denial as part of their misinformation policy.
The micro-blogging site's CEO was grilled by Republicans, including Colorado's Senator Corey Gardner, on why Twitter had flagged posts by President Donald Trump, but not tweets by Iran's Ayatollah Khameni against Israel.
Gardner asked him at an anti-trust hearing on Wednesday "Do you believe that the Holocaust really happened?", to which he replied: "Yes."
The Republican then asked: "So you would agree that someone who says the Holocaust may not have happened is spreading disinformation? Yes or no."
And Dorsey agreed: "Uh – yes."
Gardner responded: "I appreciate your answers on this, but they surprise me.
"After all, Iran's Ayatollah has done exactly this – questioning the Holocaust. And yet, his tweets remain unflagged on Twitter's platform."
Dorsey then explained that Twitter only marks a tweet as containing misinformation if it is "manipulated media; public health, specifically COVID; and civic integrity, election interference and voter suppression."
