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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testified before the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, denying allegations that the social media giant was engaged in on-going censorship, an assertion that was disputed by the New York Post and Progress New York. C-Span (Screen Shot) (Fair Use)

October 29, 2020

Twitter and other social media honchos testified before a U.S. Senate committee, as separate acts of censorship continue against the New York Post and the C’est Vrai app

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testified before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, answering questions about the censorship of The New York Post as Republicans escalate scrutiny over social media giants. CEO’s of Facebook and Google also testified.

October 16, 2020

Twitter censored the C’est Vrai app after the social media giant made an extortious demand to control tweet content

Twitter censored the C’est Vrai app’s programming privileges after Progress New York refused to allow the social media giant to control tweet content. C’est Vrai is a Web application that provides computer-assisted research services to Progress New York. The tweet content that was the subject of controversy represented public service journalism delivered over social media.