Twitter CEO Apologizes for ‘Automated’ Promotion of White Supremacist Ad
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey apologized today after a report revealed that a white supremacist ad was being promoted on the social networking site.
Vice’s Motherboard reported yesterday on how someone came across the following promoted ad on Twitter:
.@twitter I can't believe anything still surprises me, but why the fuck am I seeing nazi ads on this website pic.twitter.com/jtKKnn8XR5
— Ariana Lenarsky (@aardvarsk) November 16, 2016
Ariana Lenarsky told Motherboard, “Twitter normalized, promoted, and profited off of Nazi white supremacy propaganda. I should not have to explain to Twitter why promoting Nazi propaganda on their website is a dangerous and immoral thing to do.”
A spokesperson for Twitter told Motherboard yesterday that “it looks like the screenshot in that tweet is either old or photoshopped.”
That, well, pissed off Lenarsky:
HAHAHAH TWITTER IS SAYING I PHOTOSHOPPED THIS TWEET @twitter @Support I AM GOING TO GO LIVE IN AN ATTIC LIKE ANNE FRANK TIL YOU FIX THIS pic.twitter.com/8EUSUKqVBo
— Ariana Lenarsky (@aardvarsk) November 17, 2016
TRULY MAY YOU BURN @twitter @Support https://t.co/qDyrTDYiH2
— Ariana Lenarsky (@aardvarsk) November 17, 2016
YOU TOOK MONEY FROM NAZIS AND WHEN I CONFRONTED YOU, YOU SAID I PHOTOSHOPPED. I DO NOT KNOW HOW TO PHOTOSHOP I WI$$$H I DID BABY
— Ariana Lenarsky (@aardvarsk) November 17, 2016
She said she’s leaving Twitter until this is dealt with.
Well, Dorsey himself got wind of the ad and tweeted an apology this afternoon:
We made a mistake here and we apologize. Our automated system allowed an ad promoting hate. Against our policy. We did a retro and fixed! https://t.co/7gvycmzpsm
— ??jack (@jack) November 17, 2016
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