OPINION:
The House Energy and Commerce Committee has just kicked off an investigation into Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s alleged lying to Congress, according to a report from The Federalist.
With all this booting of conservatives from his social media platform, he sure does have some ’splainin’ to do, yes?
Better hurry and get the questioning done, though.
Come January, when the House falls to Democratic reigns, all the querying going on will focus on President Donald Trump and Robert Mueller’s findings on Russia collusion — and mark the smart political watcher’s words: No matter what the special counsel finds, Democrats will find cause to impeach.
But until January, it’ll be interesting to see what Republicans turn up on Dorsey.
He is, after all, the leader of the not-so-free social media world known for its ongoing, even escalating — can you say Laura Loomer? — censorship of conservatives.
Can you say Alex Jones?
In September, Dorsey testified before the House and told them that his company pretty much had a zero-tolerance policy for death threats, and that his company did not — repeat, did not — discriminate against users based on political content.
Again: Can you say Laura Loomer?
Loomer, a conservative firebrand activist, was just banned from Twitter for supposedly violating the terms of use with a post that criticized Minnesota Rep.-elect Ilhan Omar.
She’s only the latest victim of what appears, by all accounts, by all sane assessments, to be Twitter’s clear bias against conservative thought.
Yet Dorsey said this in September to congressional members: “We don’t consider political viewpoints, perspectives or party affiliation in any of our policies or enforcement decisions, period. … Our policies and our algorithms don’t take into consideration any affiliation, philosophy or viewpoint.”
Well, something’s going on, and it sure smell of censorship against conservatives. How come Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan hasn’t violated Twitter’s terms of use with all his hate and anti-Jewish messaging?
It’s a point that has yet to be explained to Twitter users’ satisfaction.
Perhaps Dorsey could take a stab at it?
“The committee is aware of Twitter’s actions and is currently reviewing Mr. Dorsey’s testimony,” The Federalist cited an aide to the committee as saying.
Great. But let’s kick it into high gear. After all, the Democrats are coming, and they’re not likely to be as inquisitive as Republicans about any social media bias that stifles conservative expression.
• Cheryl Chumley can be reached at cchumley@washingtontimes.com or on Twitter, @ckchumley.
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