Prince Harry says he warned Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey of US Capitol riots

Britains Prince Harry said he warned the chief executive of Twitter ahead of the January 6 Capitol riots that the social media site was being used to stage political unrest in the US capitalHarry made the comments on November 9 while he was taking part in an online panel on misinformation in California He said he made his concerns known via email to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey the day before the riotJack and I were emailing each other prior to January 6 where I warned him that his platform was allowing a coup to be staged Harry said at the at the REWIRED tech forum That email was sent the day before and then it happened and I havent heard from him since Twitter declined to comment on Harrys remarksSocial media sites have come under fire for not doing enough to halt the spread of misinformation and inciteful content and the storming of the US Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump is often cited as an example of the consequences of allowing hate to fester Big tech in general has been accused of putting growth and profits ahead of public safetyHarry accused other social media sites like Facebook of misleading billions of people with misinformation about Covid19 and climate change He also targeted YouTube saying many videos spreading Covid19 misinformation were left up despite violating the sites own policiesAnd worse they came to the users via the recommendation tool within YouTubes own algorithm versus anything that the user was actually searching for he said It shows really that it can be stopped but also they didnt want to stop it because it affects their bottom line Harry was listed as the cofounder of his nonprofit organization Archewell at the tech forum Earlier this year he joined the US think tank the Aspen Institute as a commissioner looking into misinformation and disinformation in the mediaHarry and his wife the Duchess of Sussex announced in early 2020 that they were quitting royal duties and moving to North America citing what they said were the unbearable intrusions and racist attitudes of the British mediaAlso Read Fumio Kishida reelected as Japans Prime Minister in parliamentary voteThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever