Twitter "I do not intend to censor specific opinions" US presidential election

Twitter "I do not intend to censor specific opinions" US presidential election November 18, 7:09

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While U.S. President Donald Trump accused him of censoring by social media, ruling and Republican lawmakers sought the top of Twitter at parliamentary hearings, but Twitter was responsible for preventing the spread of false information about elections. He emphasized that he had no intention of censoring any particular opinion.

President Donald Trump and some Republican lawmakers have accused major social media of censoring conservative opinions over the presidential election, a Republican-led Senate judicial committee said yesterday. , We invited Dorsey CEO of Twitter and Zuckerberg CEO of Facebook to hold a hearing.

Republican lawmakers accused the two companies of restricting posts in newspaper articles last month before the election, addressing allegations over former Democratic Vice President Joe Biden.

In response, Mr. Dorsey explained that although it was regulated based on the regulations to prevent the spread of information obtained by hacking, it was lifted as "corrected because there was an error".

On the other hand, he argued that "the label is attached to prevent the spread of false information about elections, which is required by society," and emphasized the responsibility to prevent the spread of false information. He indicated that he had no intention of censoring his opinion.

In addition, Dorsey revealed that under this policy, more than 300,000 tweets were labeled in the two weeks before and after the ballot counting date.

In addition, Mr. Zuckerberg said that social media is taking measures such as labeling posts, "It is not easy because the division of American society is so advanced, but we will take transparent steps to deal with it. Is the only way to do it. "

Conservatives also shift to new SNS

Conservatives have criticized the response to Twitter and Facebook posts in the United States, and more and more of these people are using new social media.

One of them is called "Parlor", which advocates freedom of speech and, in principle, does not check the content posted by users, and has been used by members of the radical right-wing group in the United States to expand support. ..

After the presidential election, conservative journalists have called on parlors to open accounts, and the name recognition has increased, and American media reports that the number of users has reached 10 million after the election.

In addition, the number of users of the video sharing site "Rumble" has increased because it does not interfere with the posted content, and according to the media, more than 370,000 apps have been downloaded in the last week.

Twitter has more than 180 million daily users worldwide, Facebook has more than 2.7 billion monthly users worldwide, and while the number is not new to social media, American society It is attracting attention as one of the movements that show the trend of public opinion.