Prince Harry warned Twitter CEO ahead of US Capitol riot
Prince Harry speaks onstage in Inglewood, California. File/ AFP
Prince Harry said he had warned Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey of the possibility of rioting on Capitol Hill, a day before the chaos that swept the US Capitol on January 6.
Harry added: "I sent this email a day ago. Indeed, what I warned of happened, but I have not communicated with him since that time.”
Harry’s comments came while participating in a symposium discussing whether social networks have a role in spreading misinformation and hate online.
Prince Harry, who lives with his wife in California, appeared in a virtual video conference in which he participated as one of the guest speakers.
The organizers of the symposium identified him as the founder of the Aspen organization.
The prince relied on his personal experience with the Internet and the press to highlight that social media companies are not doing enough to stop the spread of misinformation.
The Prince's appearance in that video conversation came two weeks after data published by a data analysis company indicated that 70 per cent of hate broadcast online against Prince Harry and his wife Meghan came from only 55 accounts on social networks.
Investigations are still continuing into the chaos raised by US President Donald Trump's supporters in the vicinity of the US Capitol and the storming of the Capitol on January 6 in Washington, DC, events that coincided with US President Joe Biden's official inauguration after winning the 2020 presidential election. .
The parliamentary committee responsible for investigating these events summoned more prominent aides of the former US president recently, with the aim of obtaining incriminating evidence through their testimonies.
Among the batch called in the most recent session of that investigation was a former director of the White House press office, a former top policy adviser and former personal aides to Trump.
The investigation seeks to discover whether former US President Trump was aware of these events before they occurred.
