Jack Dorsey is just trolling Congress with Twitter polls now
Congressional Big Tech" hearings often follow a three-step formula.
Step one: lawmakers demand that Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai answer questions simply with yes" or no." (Sample: Is YouTube's recommendation algorithm designed to encourage users to stay on the site?")
Step two: the aforementioned CEOs inevitably say something else, either to inject some legitimate nuance or to dodge obvious, unflattering answers with vague platitudes. (Sundar Pichai's response to the above question: Content responsibility is our number one goal.")
Step three: lawmakers point out that they're avoiding the question and mock them. (Sample, from Rep. Billy Long of Missouri: I'm going to ask you a...