Yesterday the GOP called in former Twitter executives to try to make them admit that Twitter had been a hotbed of censorial socialists under the watch of libertarian Jack Dorsey. But AOC reminded everyone in the House yesterday that Twitter made a special effort to amplify then-President Trump's threats, incitements to violence, and racism. In fact, when Trump violated its policy against telling people to "go back to your country," Twitter changed its policy to accommodate Trump. "So much for bias against right-wing on Twitter," she concluded.
It didn't matter to the fact-haters of the GOP of course. They simply ignored it and went back to talking about Hunter Biden's laptop, fake Covid, and the scary white balloon.
Here's the conversations between Rep. Ocasio-Cortez and former senior member of Twitter moderation team Anika Collier Navaroli.
AOC
Let's talk about something real. I'd like to show you a tweet posted by former President Trump about my colleagues and I on July 14 2019, it says in part, "Why don't they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came? Then come back and show us how it's done. These places need your help badly, you can't leave fast enough. I'm sure that Nancy Pelosi would be very happy as quickly to work out free travel arrangements." A day or two after that, Donald Trump publicly incited violence at a rally targeting four Congresswoman including myself saying, "go back to where you came from." Ms. Navaroli, as I understand it, you were a senior member of Twitter's content moderation team when this was posted. As part of your responsibilities, did you review this tweet?Navaroli
Yes, it was my team's responsibility to review these tweets.AOC
And what did you conclude?Navaroli
My team made the recommendation that for the first time we find Donald Trump in violation of Twitter's policies and use the public interest interstitial.AOC
For the first time.Navaroli
Yes.AOC
And at the time, Twitter's policy included a specific example, when it came to banned abuse against immigrants. They specifically included the phrase "go back to your country" or "go back to where you came from." Correct?Navaroli
Yes, it was specifically included in the content moderation guidance. As an example,AOC
You brought this up to the Vice President of Trust and Safety, Del Harvey, correct?Navaroli
I did, yes.AOC
And she overrode your assessment, didn't she?Navaroli
Yes, she did.AOC
And something interesting happened after she overrode your assessment. A day or two later, Twitter seemed to have changed their policies, didn't they?Navaroli
Yes, that trope "go back to where you came" from was removed from the content moderation guidance as an example.AOC
So Twitter changed their own policy after the President violated it in order to potentially accommodate his tweet.Navaroli
Yes.AOC
Thank you. So much for bias against right wing on Twitter.
