{"id":995991,"date":"2021-11-10T20:14:22","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T01:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=995991"},"modified":"2021-11-10T20:14:29","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T01:14:29","slug":"prince-harry-claims-he-warned-twitter-ceo-that-app-could-help-facilitate-capitol-riot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prince-harry-claims-he-warned-twitter-ceo-that-app-could-help-facilitate-capitol-riot\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry Claims He Warned Twitter CEO That App Could Help Facilitate Capitol Riot"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fprince-harry-claims-he-warned-twitter-ceo-that-app-could-help-facilitate-capitol-riot%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=995991&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Speaking during a panel titled \u201cThe Internet Lie Machine\u201d on Tuesday, Prince Harry told the online audience that he knew something like the Capitol riot would happen because of the influence of social media over American citizens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJack and I were emailing each other prior to January 6 where I warned him that his platform was allowing a coup to be staged,\u201d the Duke of Sussex said during the virtual conference sponsored by Wired magazine. \u201cThat email was sent the day before, then it happened and I haven\u2019t heard from him since.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As first reported by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/prince-harry-capitol-riot-twitter-b1954714.html\">Independent<\/a>, the 37-year-old prince later added, \u201cI learned from an early age that the incentives for publishing are not necessarily aligned with the incentives for truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Describing misinformation as a \u201cglobal humanitarian crisis,\u201d he blamed social media platforms for spreading lies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt it personally over the years, and I\u2019m now watching it happen globally affecting everyone, not just America, literally everyone around the world,\u201d Harry said. \u201cI learned from a very early age that the incentives of publishing are not necessarily aligned with the incentives of the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The prince also linked January 6 to the death of Princess Diana, saying, \u201cI know the story all too well. I lost my mother to this self-manufactured rabidness, and obviously I\u2019m determined not to lose the mother to my children to the same thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Harry name-checked the media mogul who\u2019s generally considered more conservative than the rest of the news business \u2014 Fox News founder Rupert Murdoch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis isn\u2019t just a social media problem. It\u2019s a media problem,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve grown up learning that news should be sacred ground. You don\u2019t have to be Logan Roy [the fictional \u2018Succession\u2019 character believed to be based on Murdoch] or Rupert Murdoch to understand that clickbait is the descendant of targeted advertising.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He finished by saying that legitimate reporters address social justice issues. \u201cReal journalists have the power and the will to tackle racism, misogyny, lies, all of it from within their own systems,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not the first time the British royal has shown his disdain for the free speech the Constitution guarantees Americans. In May, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/prince-harry-calls-first-amendment-bonkers-slams-royal-family-for-genetic-pain-and-suffering\">sounded off<\/a> about the First Amendment:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019ve got so much I want to say about the First Amendment as I sort of understand it, but it is bonkers,\u201d Harry told the podcast. \u201cI don\u2019t want to start going down the First Amendment route because that\u2019s a<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking during a panel titled \u201cThe Internet Lie Machine\u201d on Tuesday, Prince Harry told the online audience that he knew something like the Capitol riot would happen because of the influence of social media over American citizens.\u201cJack and I were emailing each other prior to January 6 where I warned him that his platform was allowing a coup to be staged,\u201d the Duke of Sussex said during the virtual conference sponsored by Wired magazine. \u201cThat email was sent the day before, then it happened and I haven\u2019t heard from him since.\u201dAs first reported by the Independent, the 37-year-old prince later added, \u201cI learned from an early age that the incentives for publishing are not necessarily aligned with the incentives for truth.\u201dDescribing misinformation as a \u201cglobal humanitarian crisis,\u201d he blamed social media platforms for spreading lies.\u201cI felt it personally over the years, and I\u2019m now watching it happen globally affecting everyone, not just America, literally everyone around the world,\u201d Harry said. \u201cI learned from a very early age that the incentives of publishing are not necessarily aligned with the incentives of the truth.\u201dThe prince also linked January 6 to the death of Princess Diana, saying, \u201cI know the story all too well. I lost my mother to this self-manufactured rabidness, and obviously I\u2019m determined not to lose the mother to my children to the same thing.\u201dFinally, Harry name-checked the media mogul who\u2019s generally considered more conservative than the rest of the news business \u2014 Fox News founder Rupert Murdoch.\u201cThis isn\u2019t just a social media problem. It\u2019s a media problem,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve grown up learning that news should be sacred ground. You don\u2019t have to be Logan Roy [the fictional \u2018Succession\u2019 character believed to be based on Murdoch] or Rupert Murdoch to understand that clickbait is the descendant of targeted advertising.\u201dHe finished by saying that legitimate reporters address social justice issues. \u201cReal journalists have the power and the will to tackle racism, misogyny, lies, all of it from within their own systems,\u201d he said.It\u2019s not the first time the British royal has shown his disdain for the free speech the Constitution guarantees Americans. In May, he sounded off about the First Amendment:\u201cI\u2019ve got so much I want to say about the First Amendment as I sort of understand it, but it is bonkers,\u201d Harry told the podcast. \u201cI don\u2019t want to start going down the First Amendment route because that\u2019s a huge subject and one which I don\u2019t understand because I\u2019ve only been here a short time. But, you can find a loophole in anything. You can capitalize or exploit what\u2019s not said rather than uphold what is said.\u201dRepublican Rep. Dan Crenshaw (TX) spoke for many Americans when he said Harry\u2019s comments cause him to \u201c[double] the size of my Independence Day party.\u201dThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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