Seth Rogen calls out Twitter's Jack Dorsey for the platform's white supremacist problem

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

https://mashable.com/2018/07/03/seth-rogen-twitter-jack-verified-white-supremacists/#DYHUyLWmaqqI

"I’ve been DMing with @jack about his bizarre need to verify white supremacists on his platform for the last 8 months or so, and after all the exchanges, I’ve reached a conclusion: the dude simply does not seem to give a fuck."

Twitter verifies notable users with a little blue checkmark next to their username. According to the company, “the blue verified badge on Twitter lets people know that an account of public interest is authentic.” Along with the bragging rights of being verified come other benefits. For example, Twitter’s algorithm clearly favors verified users when ordering the replies to other tweets.


In November of 2017, Twitter became aware it had a verification problem when the company gave a blue checkmark to Jason Kessler, the organizer of the deadly Unite the Right neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesville. Verified users on its platform gain a level of authority from the public. Being verified on Twitter didn’t just mean you are who you say you are. It was perceived by most who used the platform as an endorsement from Twitter: The verified users were important people. Even Twitter knew this.

For instance, take Vice co-founder Gavin McInnes, who split with his company in 2008. He's a verified Twitter user. Vic Berger, a satirical video maker who has gone after Twitter white supremacists in his work, put together the video compilation below showcasing examples of how McInnes might be breaking Twitter’s rules. But, McInnes still has a verified badge.