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The House Oversight Committee heard from experts about the role of Twitter in suppressing conservative voices. They also discussed the mishandling of the laptop of Hunter Biden.
James Baker, Yoel Roth, and Vijaya Gadde, who were fired by Twitter, were among the officials who appeared before a panel of Republican lawmakers.
During a hearing regarding the prevalence of child exploitation on social media, Republican representative Marjorie Taylor Greene criticized Yoel Roth, a former Twitter executive, for allowing users to exploit children.
Marjorie Taylor Greene just called Yoel Roth out for allowing child porn and advocating for teens to use gay hookup app Grinder.
MIC. DROP.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) February 8, 2023
"She said she was glad that they lost their jobs, as Elon Musk had bought Twitter."
"Taylor Greene praised Roth's work as the head of the Trust and Safety division of Twitter. However, she noted that he could not remove child porn."
"During her testimony, she also criticized Roth's doctoral dissertation, where he argued that minors should be able to access a gay app known as Grinder."
Elon Musk, who bought Twitter, had banned around 44,000 accounts for violating the company's rules against child pornography.
Her entire testimony can be watched below. Elon Musk, who acquired Twitter, had also banned thousands of accounts for violating the platform's rules against the sharing and viewing of child porn.
WATCH: MTG goes scorched earth on Twitter execs for keeping child porn on their platform
She also shreds Yoel Roth for saying minors should have access to Grindr pic.twitter.com/hXlJxiynuJ
— Clayton Keirns (@CKeirns) February 8, 2023
Before Greene's bomb drop, Donalds criticized the former executives of Twitter for violating federal election laws by suppressing the story about Hunter Biden's laptop.
BREAKING: Rep. Donalds unleashes during Twitter hearing, suggests Twitter may have broken federal election laws by censoring the Hunter Biden story.
Lock them up.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) February 8, 2023
During his testimony, Donalds criticized Jim Baker, an FBI agent who was a Twitter executive.
"Donalds claimed that Twitter might be in violation of election laws if it accepts an in-kind contribution to suppress a story. He asked if the platform would do this intentionally."
When asked if Twitter would violate election laws if it accepts an in-kind contribution to suppress a story, Baker refused to answer.
WATCH:
WATCH: Rep. Donalds leaves former Twitter execs literally speechless as he grills them for helping the Biden campaign pic.twitter.com/IVKnIaA6jr
— Clayton Keirns (@CKeirns) February 8, 2023
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