Twitter Chief Executive Jack Dorsey admits conservatives are afraid to speak their mind while working at the social network.
Conservative employees “don’t feel safe to express their opinions” within the company, Dorsey told the New York University journalism professor Jay Rosen in an interview published Friday on Recode.
Some Republicans in Congress have accused Twitter of shadow banning, or suppressing the reach of their opinions to followers.
“I think it’s more and more important to at least clarify what our own bias leans towards, and just express it,” Dorsey said.
The admission comes as US Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke this week about looking into whether Twitter, Google, Facebook and others are suppressing conservative viewpoints.
Dorsey said he was on a listening tour to get a broader opinion of the company and its service.
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