Did Twitter censor President Obama's Q&A? Former Twitter CEO denies BuzzFeed report that the site secretly blocked abusive tweets
A report by BuzzFeed News has claimed that President Obama’s 2015 #AskPOTUS town hall Q&A was censored by the social network following orders from then-chief executive Disk Costolo.
Sources familiar with the matter alleged that Costlo, who stepped down as Twitter boss in June last year, ordered the site’s employees to implement an in-house algorithm in order to filter out unsavory language directed at Obama.
A second source claimed that Twitter’s media partnerships team was asked to manually censor tweets around the Q&A, and two sources alleged that the decision to deploy the algorithm was hidden from senior Twitter Read full story ›
Source: The Drum
