Jack Dorsey says the New York Post Twitter account will remain locked until it deletes the original

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Hunter Biden story

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey came under fire from Sen. Ted Cruz for locking the New York Post out of its account for two weeks.

Cruz took aim at Twitter for "making the unilateral decision to censor" the Post, claiming its policy enforcement allows social media companies to dictate to news publishers "what stories they can publish."

New York Post has been locked out of its Twitter account for two weeks because it has not deleted a tweet linking to a dubious article on Hunter Biden, Dorsey said during a Senate committee hearing on Section 230, the law that states tech companies cannot be held liable for content published on their platforms.

Dorsey said, "They have to log into their account, which they can do right this minute, delete the original tweet, which fell under our original enforcement action, and they can tweet the exact same material...and it will go through."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/jack-dorsey-says-the-new-york-post-twitter-account-will-remain-locked-until-it-deletes-the-original-tweet-featuring-its-hunter-biden-story/ar-BB1atTcv?li=BBnbfcQ&ocid=hplocalnews

Cruz in heated exchange with Twitter's Dorsey: 'Who the hell elected you?'

Sen. Ted Cruz during a hearing on Wednesday accused Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey of censoring content with an anti-conservative bias, with the Texas Republican focusing his argument around a policy the tech company has since changed

Cruz slammed Dorsey during the Senate Commerce Committee hearing over the company's decision earlier this month to limit the spread of a New York Post report that included allegations about Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden that have been disputed by the former vice president's campaign.

The company initially blocked users, including the New York Post, from tweeting links to the article, citing Twitter's hacked material policy. The company later amended the policy and allowed users to share the links.

"Mr. Dorsey, who the hell elected you and put you in charge of what the media are allowed to report and what the American people are allowed to hear, and why do you persist in behaving as a Democratic super PAC silencing views to the contrary of your political beliefs?" Cruz asked Dorsey during a heated exchange on Wednesday.

"We're not doing that," Dorsey responded. "This is why I opened this hearing with calls for more transparency. We realized we need to earn trust more, we realized that more accountability is needed to show our intentions and to show the outcomes. So I hear the concerns and acknowledge them, but we want to fix it with more transparency."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/cruz-in-heated-exchange-with-twitters-dorsey-who-the-hell-elected-you/ar-BB1atYPu?li=BBnbfcL&ocid=DELLDHP

[Sherman A1]

1. Screw Ted Cruz

The grandstanding piece of horse droppings.

[grumpyduck]

2. ""Mr. Dorsey, who the hell elected you and put you in charge... "

"... of what the media are allowed to report and what the American people are allowed to hear... "

That is such a chicken-shit comment on two counts.

I would have come back with a reference to donny's businesses.

[The Magistrate]

3. He's Nobody, Sir, Just The Man Who Owns The Company

What right has a 'free-marketeer' like Cruz to dictate who a man can and cannot abide on his own premises?


"Hypocrisy is the tribute vice pays to Virtue."

[Raster]

6. Fat Wolverine tends to forget the rest of us think he's AN ASSHOLE...

...and I can't imagine why. It should be quite apparent to #FatWolverine that he's pretty much despised across the American spectrum.

[Spazito]

4. Both are assholes, imo.

[randr]

5. Lies are not political beliefs

Any hair brain idea does not qualify as political or qualify as a belief.

[Iggo]

9. Yeah! It's politics not religion!

[C_U_L8R]

7. Cruz is sounding like a communist

Doesn't he believe in free markets anymore?? Or only when it benefits him?

[phylny]

8. Doesn't Cruz understand that you have to abide by the terms of service and that ultimately

Twitter gets to decide what it will and won't allow?

[lagomorph777]

11. Cruz doesn't distinguish between corporations and government. That's how Fascists roll.

[lagomorph777]

10. "they can tweet the exact same material...and it will go through" - so the lockout is a sham?

Hardly surprising. Twit is Putin's Platform.

[liberaltrucker]

12. Lyin' Ted needs a refresher in 1st Amendment 101:

[no_hypocrisy]

13. Hillary's e-mails/your Twitter.

Tag, you’re it Ted.

[11 Bravo]

14. Who am I? Just the CEO of a private business, and therefore absolutely ...

legally entitled to establish the parameters of what we will allow to appear on our platform ... you ignorant shitstain.

[SoonerPride]

15. It's a private company. He can do whatever he wants with it

That’s what.

If you don’t like it don’t use his product.

I have lots of problems with Twitter.

If I use it then that’s on me.

[Denzil_DC]

16. "GET ME THE MANAGER!"

"I AM the manager ..."