Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey tweeted his aggravation with U.S. lawmakers’ inquiries on the social media platform for the duration of a hearing about misinformation on Thursday, top one member of congress to get in touch with out his multi-tasking.
Lawmakers grilled Dorsey and the CEOs of Facebook and Google’s parent Alphabet for practically 5 hours. Tensions had been higher as they asked them to answer “yes or no” to inquiries ranging from no matter if their platforms bore any duty for the Jan. 6 riot to no matter if they understood the distinction among the two words.
During the hearing, Dorsey tweeted “?” with a poll asking Twitter Inc customers to vote “yes” or “no.” Democratic Representative Kathleen Rice asked: “Mr. Dorsey, what is winning, yes or no, on your Twitter account poll?”
Dorsey told her that “yes” was winning, to which she replied: “Your multi-tasking skills are quite impressive.”
Facebook Inc CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Alphabet Inc CEO Sundar Pichai had been also witnesses at the joint hearing by two subcommittees of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
Lawmakers from each parties attempted all through the hearing to pin down the tech CEOs with inquiries needing only “yes” or “no” answers, interrupting them when they attempted to give longer ones. Lawmakers quizzed the executives more than issues from COVID-19 misinformation, harassment, hate speech and extremism.
As the hearing took location, Dorsey also liked tweets criticizing elements of the session, which includes asking why members of Congress had been mispronouncing Pichai’s name, and replied to a tweet confirming that he was barefoot for the duration of the get in touch with. His poll on Thursday afternoon had more than 71,000 votes.
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