Reps. Coleman, Cleaver Push Jack Dorsey on Twitter’s Issues With Racism, Russia

Coleman and Cleaver urged Dorsey to 'clearly outline' what efforts Twitter has made to detect Russian operatives’ accounts

Two members of Congress penned a letter to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Tuesday expressing concerns over the spread of racism on the platform.

Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-N.J.) and Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) said in the letter to Dorsey (embedded below) that they were concerned about Twitter and other social media platforms “being used for the purpose of propagating hate and undermining democracy.”

They cited the use of Twitter accounts by Russian operatives to sway the results of the 2016 presidential elections in the U.S.,

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