By John Glenday

Twitter co-founder Ev Williams has responded to criticism that Twitter played a role in helping president Donald Trump get elected by acknowledging that Twitter’s role in the election was ‘very bad’.

Speaking to the New York Times, Williams said: “It’s a very bad thing, Twitter’s role in that. If it’s true that he wouldn’t be president if it weren’t for Twitter, then yeah, I’m sorry.”

Trump has gone on record to attribute Twitter with his electoral success by allowing him to bypass the mainstream media to speak with his supporter base directly via a quick-fire stream Read full story ›

Source: The Drum