Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Pokes Fun at Lawmakers' Yes-No Questions
26 March 2021 - 8:28AM
Dow Jones News
By Georgia Wells
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey took to his own platform Thursday to
provide commentary on the day's hearing, at one point tweeting
(https://twitter.com/jack/status/1375152199433527296) a poll in a
cheeky jab at lawmakers' frustration with tech executives'
responses to questions.
Many of the lawmakers in the hearing had asked the tech
executives to simply answer "yes" or "no" in response to their
questions, but the executives often offered longer responses.
"It's irritating all of us," said Rep. Anna Eshoo (D., Calif.).
"No one seems to know the word yes or the word no."
Mr. Dorsey also posted a series of messages shortly after the
start of the hearing offering more details on his views about why
Twitter moderates content and the risks in asking the government to
interfere in those decisions.
"If we woke up tomorrow and decided to stop moderating content
we'd end up with a service very few people or advertisers would
want to use," he said in a tweet
(https://twitter.com/jack/status/1375126777761161223).
Rep. Kathleen Rice (D., N.Y.) seemed to notice Mr. Dorsey's
tweets, saying, "Your multitasking skills are quite
impressive."
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