The Duke of Sussex has said he warned Twitter boss Jack Dorsey about political unrest in the US – just a day before the deadly 6 January riots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I warned him his platform was allowing a coup to be staged,” Prince Harry said at the RE:WIRED tech forum in the US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“That email was sent the day before. And then it happened and I haven’t heard from him since,” the duke said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was speaking at a session discussing whether social media was contributing to misinformation and online hatred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr Dorsey, who is Twitter’s chief executive officer, has so far made no public comments on the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Internet ‘being defined by hate, division and lies’
\nPrince Harry, who now lives with his wife Duchess of Sussex in California, appeared at Tuesday’s session via video chat as a guest speaker. He was introduced as the co-founder of the Archewell organisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The duke used his personal experience with online hatred and the press to reflect that social media companies were not doing enough to stop the spread of misinformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said the internet was “being defined by hate, division and lies”, adding: “That can’t be right.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His appearance via video chat comes two weeks after a data analytics company alleged that 70% of the hate directed towards the Duke and Duchess of Sussex on Twitter was generated by just 55 accounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, investigations into what happened on 6 January, when a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol building in Washington DC and disrupted the official certification of Joe Biden’s victory in the White House race, are continuing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More than 670 people have been charged with taking part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Tuesday, a congressional committee investigating the riots summoned more of Mr Trump’s closest aides to give evidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the latest batch is a former White House press secretary, a senior policy adviser and personal assistants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The inquiry is trying to find out if Mr Trump had foreknowledge of the attack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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