The Duke of Sussex said he warned Twitter Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey His platform allowed a coup against the United States the day before the January 6 riots.
Harry When appearing in a group discussing misinformation, he continued to feud with the media and said that this issue predates social media.
“I learned from a very young age that the motivation for publishing is not necessarily the same as the motivation for the truth,” the Duke said.
Jack and I sent emails to each other before January 6, when I warned him that his platform allowed a coup.That email was sent the day before
Was asked if he had spoken with the Facebook founder mark Zuckerberg Or Twitter CEO Dorsey, Harry said he warned the latter that his website was promoting the coup d’état on the eve of the January 6th U.S. Capitol riots.
He said: “Jack and I sent emails to each other before January 6, when I warned him that his platform allowed a coup. The email was sent the day before.
“Then it happened, and I haven’t heard from him since.”
A group of Donald Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol in Washington, DC after claiming that the presidential election was rigged-is investigating the role of social media giants in launching the attack.
Twitter has been contacted for comments.
Harry, who was listed as the co-founder of Archewell at the RE:WIRED summit, works at Aspen Institute, a think tank, and is responsible for investigating misinformation and false information in the media.
The 37-year-old, who lives in Southern California with Megan and the couple’s two children, said that the Internet is “defined by hatred, division, and lies.”
“It can’t be right,” he told the panel. “Especially for anyone with children, we allow this future to be defined by people here and now. It is greed, profit and growth.
“I hope that as human beings, as people with the ability to choose and make decisions, they will now be more concerned about people, their safety and what this means to the Internet, free Internet and what it means to the Internet. The next generation and the next generation, That that that that.”
In a recent attack on the British media, Harry mentioned the memory of his mother Diana, Princess of Wales, and once again stated that his wife, the Duchess of Sussex, is receiving similar treatment.
He said: “They do not report news, but create news. They have successfully turned news based on facts into gossip based on opinions, which has brought devastating consequences to the country.
“So I know this story too well. I lost my mother because of this self-made fanaticism. Obviously I am determined not to lose my child’s mother for the same thing.”
Harry nodded to his comments in the Mental Health series he starred in earlier this year, and said “They won’t stop until she dies”-this is a reference to Megan.
He added: “This is more of a warning than a challenge.”
Harry said that “the scale of misinformation is now frightening” and warned that the family is being “destroyed” by this problem.
This is not only a social media issue, but also a media issue
When asked whether users should delete their social media accounts, Harry pointed out that he and Meghan are not on any platform and will not come back until changes are made.
He said that the challenge of misinformation is “too big to be solved, too big to be solved”, which is “not true at all.”
The Duke said that from his own experience, he and his wife were the targets of a small group of accounts.
He said: “More than 70% of the hate speech about my wife on Twitter can be traced back to less than 50 accounts.”
Harry said that Megxit-a word used to describe the couple’s departure from the royal duties-is a “misogynistic term” coined by an online troll before it entered mainstream use.
When asked about “censorship” and the balance between freedom of speech and potentially harmful content on social media, Harry said that “the argument of freedom of speech distracts attention to the main issue to some extent.”
He said: “As we have determined, this is not just a social media issue, but a media issue.
“I have known since I was a kid that news should be a holy place.”
Harry said that the fictional media tycoon Logan Roy or media tycoon Rupert Murdoch of “Inheritance” does not believe that “clickbait is the offspring of targeted advertising.”
He warned in many cases that “the truth is charged, but the lies are free”.
He said that while lying on social media is dangerous, “when the same lies are given credibility by reporters or publishers, it is unethical. In my case, it is an abuse of power.”
Harry questioned who held the media accountable, claiming that “this is a bit like a digital dictatorship.”
He suggested that the solution may be to invest in and support “honest reporters” who “respect and maintain the value of news,” rather than pirates holding press cards who hijack the most powerful and free industries in the world.
Harry said that “real reporters” have the ability to “solve all problems of racism, misogyny, lies, etc.” from “their own system.”
He said he would like to see reporters investigate their “immoral, unethical and dishonest” colleagues.
“We can solve this problem, we must solve this problem, but we need everyone’s help,” Harry said.
The royal family said that “considering how addictive they are”, it is “impossible” to get users out of social media platforms.
“But it is important to have enough awareness so that you can protect yourself from harm and know when you are being used,” Harry said.
Renee DiResta, technical research manager of the Stanford Internet Observatory, and Rashad Robinson, co-chair of the Aspen Information Disorder Committee and President of Color Of Change, joined him in a panel discussion and talked with the online editor of the large Steven Levy.
