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The dispute over blocked articles on Twitter is escalating. Republicans have announced plans to summon Twitter boss Jack Dorsey to the Senate after the short message service blocked articles about alleged revelations about Joe Biden’s son.
“This is electoral interference, and we are 19 days away from an election,” said Conservative Sen. Ted Cruz. “Twitter is abusing its corporate power to silence the press and cover up allegations of corruption.” So the Senate Judiciary Committee will vote Tuesday to summon Twitter boss Dorsey for Friday next week.
The background of this is the reports of the conservative tabloid “New York Post”. Hunter Biden, the son of Trump’s election challenger Joe Biden, is said to have used his father’s position as vice president of the United States at the time when doing business in Ukraine. That would be proven by emails that the newspaper had access to.
Dorsey, head of Twitter: “Bad communication”
Subsequently, Twitter and Facebook blocked the links to distribute the article. “This is part of our standard procedure against spreading misinformation,” Facebook said. Twitter justified its approach with questions about the “origin of materials” of the article.
Twitter boss Dorsey later expressed regret over the poor “communication” about the platform’s actions. It is also “unacceptable” to block Internet links “without context” as a reason.
President Trump described the actions of the online platforms as “terrible.” He also said that the Twitter account of his press secretary, Kayleigh McEnany, was blocked after she shared the New York Post article.
Trump had urged an investigation by phone
In June 2019, Trump had urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi to investigate corruption against the Bidens. The American Democrats accused Trump of abuse of power and began an impeachment process. However, the Senate acquitted the president in February.
