Republican lawmakers want Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to testify at Big Tech antitrust hearing following the social media platform's massive hack
"We believe there is bipartisan interest to hear from Twitter about its power in the marketplace, its role in moderating content on its platform, and the causes for its recent highly publicized security breaches," Jordan wrote. "As the committee considers large technology companies and the competitive landscape, a thorough examination cannot exclude Twitter, a market leader in social media," he added.
Twitter is far smaller than the companies appearing at the antitrust hearing. Its market cap is $28.8 billion, whereas Facebook — the only other social media company testifying — weighs in at just shy of $684 billion. In Q1 of 2020, Twitter reported an average of 166 million monetizable daily active users, whereas Facebook reported 1.7 billion daily active users at the end of March 2020.
Jordan's request comes after he accused Twitter of anti-conservative bias. On July 8, he asked Twitter to hand over documents about its decision to flag some of President Trump's tweets forTwitter has repeatedly denied that its moderation policies unfairly censor conservative users, and Dorsey testified toDuring the recent Twitter security breach, hackers tweeted links to a cryptocurrency scam from prominent celebrity accounts, including those belonging to Joe Biden and Barack Obama.
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