A former Twitter employee interviewed by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack said Tuesday that their former employer was so pleased that President Donald Trump had chosen to make Twitter his go-to platform that the company was willing to ignore credible warnings about real-world violence inspired by his tweets.
Had any user other than Trump instigated violence in the same way, the employee said, Twitter would have removed them from the platform immediately.
The employee, whose identity is being protected by the committee — with their voice disguised in recordings played back publicly during Tuesday’s hearing — was described as a member of Twitter’s content moderation policy team throughout 2020 and 2021.
Twitter permanently suspended Trump’s account on Jan. 8, 2021, though the employee said they had repeatedly warned company leaders about the potential for violence, including the evening prior to the insurrection. The employee said the top brass dismissed their pleas.
Twitter said in an email to Gizmodo: “The fact remains that we took unprecedented steps and invested significant resources to prepare for and respond to the threats that emerged during the 2020 US election.” A spokesperson for the company said that while Twitter takes action against users inciting violence, it has found it difficult to predict violent outcomes prompted by ambiguous language.
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