Senate Republicans Want to Subpoena Twitter CEO Over Blocked Biden Story
The company said the ‘NY Post’ article violated its rules on doxxing and hacked materials.
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The Senate Judiciary Committee will on whether to subpoena Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey after . Twitter said the article violated its rules on doxxing and hacked materials, as it contained images with “personal and private information — like email addresses and phone numbers.” Facebook also limited the spread of the report.
Sen. : “Twitter is actively blocking, right now this instant, stories from the New York Post…on Tuesday, the Judiciary Committee, the full committee, will be voting on subpoenas to subpoena Dorsey to come before our committee.”
— CSPAN (@cspan)
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), who accused Twitter and Facebook of “actively interfering in this election,” told reporters the committee will decide on Tuesday if it will subpoena Dorsey. Committee member Cruz also sent a letter to the Twitter CEO demanding answers over the company’s decision.
My letter to regarding ‘s censorship of the .
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz)
House Judiciary Committee Republicans and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) have the story on their websites. They’re hoping to and skirt Twitter’s block on links to the Post’s version.
The publication described the report as a “smoking gun” that contained images of emails allegedly obtained from the laptop of Hunter Biden, Biden’s son. Experts have called into question the authenticity of the emails, and Biden’s campaign some of the allegations laid out in the story.
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The situation has led to to revoke protections that internet platforms have under of the Communications Decency Act. Dorsey, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Google and Alphabet chief executive Sundar Pichai before the Senate Commerce Committee on October 28.
The Senate Judiciary Committee will on whether to subpoena Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey after . Twitter said the article violated its rules on doxxing and hacked materials, as it contained images with “personal and private information — like email addresses and phone numbers.” Facebook also limited the spread of the report.
Sen. : “Twitter is actively blocking, right now this instant, stories from the New York Post…on Tuesday, the Judiciary Committee, the full committee, will be voting on subpoenas to subpoena Dorsey to come before our committee.”
— CSPAN (@cspan)
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), who accused Twitter and Facebook of “actively interfering in this election,” told reporters the committee will decide on Tuesday if it will subpoena Dorsey. Committee member Cruz also sent a letter to the Twitter CEO demanding answers over the company’s decision.
My letter to regarding ‘s censorship of the .
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz)
House Judiciary Committee Republicans and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) have the story on their websites. They’re hoping to and skirt Twitter’s block on links to the Post’s version.
