Prince Harry said he warned Twitter’s CEO Jack Dorsey that “a coup” was being allowed to be staged the day before the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol.
“Jack and I were emailing each other prior to January 6 where I warned him that his platform was allowing a coup to be staged,” said Harry, on a panel called “The Internet Lie Machine,” organized by the technology magazine “Wired.”
“That email was sent the day before, then it happened, and I haven’t heard from him since.”
Dorsey has so far not commented.
Harry and his wife, Meghan, have complained about comments they received on social media. A report released last month by Twitter analytics provider Bot Sentinel showed the couple was the target of a coordinated hate campaign on that platform.
Harry said that “perhaps the most disturbing part of this [study] was the number of British journalists who were interacting with them and amplifying the lies. But they regurgitate these lies as truth.”
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On Jan. 6, the day the votes from the Electoral College were certified, former President Donald Trump tweeted allegations of vote fraud before a rally was held in Washington, D.C.
After the rally near the White House, a group moved down the street and stormed the Capitol in order to disrupt the official certification of votes.
Read more: These people died following the Jan. 6 riot
Four of those who went to the Capitol after the rally died. One was shot by Capitol police and three others died of natural causes.
A police officer on duty at the Capitol also died after collapsing at the police station following the riot.
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