UK MP Grills Twitter Executive Over Chinese Embassy Posts Justifying ‘Genocide’

UK MP Grills Twitter Executive Over Chinese Embassy Posts Justifying ‘Genocide’
The Twitter logo appears on an updated phone post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Nov. 6, 2013. Richard Drew/AP Photo
Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
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A UK Member of Parliament grilled a top Twitter executive over why the company allows posts from the Chinese Embassy that she said justify an alleged genocide but permanently kicked then-president Donald Trump off the platform.

Twitter’s global head of public policy strategy and development, Nick Pickles, on Wednesday answered questions from members of the UK Home Affairs Select Committee during a session on online harms.

Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
Simon Veazey is a UK-based journalist who has reported for The Epoch Times since 2006 on various beats, from in-depth coverage of British and European politics to web-based writing on breaking news.
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