CHARLES: WE ALL KNOW THAT ELON
MUSK KNOWS HOW TO CRACK A WINDOW
BUT CAN HE TRACK SECRET TO
TWITTER, FORMER JACK DORSEY
APPARENTLY THINKS SO, ENLISTED
TESLA CEO TO FIX SOCIAL MEDIA
GIANT, WHAT IS MUSK'S SOLUTION
SAYS, FIND THE BOX, SOMETHING
MUSK DEALS ON A DAILY BASIS.
CHRIS BEDFORD, CHRIS, YESTERDAY
I PUT OUT A TWEET WONDERING WHY
WITH THE CHINA TRADE DEAL THE
DAY BEFORE, I NEVER SAW TRUMP
TWEET ONCE BUT WHEN I TURNED ON
TWITTER YESTERDAY THE TOP TWEET
WAS TRUMP HOTEL.
I DON'T GET IT.
WHAT DRIVES THE NEWS THERE, WHAT
DRIVES THE NARRATIVE THERE AND
AS MUCH AS WE COMPLAIN ABOUT
RUSSIA, THE PLATFORM ITSELF
SHOULD BE POLICING, FINDING A
BETTER WAY TO POLICE ITSELF?
>> IT SHOULD.
IT'S KIND OF STRANGE FOR JACK TO
DO WHAT HE DID, ONE TO HAVE
SECRETS TO BEING A SUCCESSFUL
CEO IS TALKING TO SMART PEOPLE,
GETTING THEIR IDEAS AND
CONVINCING YOUR EMPLOYEES THAT
YOU CAME UP WITH THOSE IDEAS
YOURSELF.
[LAUGHTER]
>> HE BEAMED HIM IN, WHAT DO WE
DO HERE.
I LIKE ELON MUSK SOLUTION
CAUTIOUSLY, TWITTER USED TO BE
FAMOUS FOR BEING A SPOT, FREE
SPEECH WAS MANTRA, IT'S EASY TO
FOLLOW, YOU DON'T GET CAUGHT UP
ON TRYING TO PLEASE THAT PARTY
OR THAT PARTY UNTIL THE LAST FEW
YEARS THEY HAVE BEEN DRAGGED IN
THE HORRIBLE SWAMP OF TRYING TO
SENSOR PEOPLE, IT'S THE OPPOSITE
OF WHAT TWITTER IS SUPPOSED TO
BE, ELON MUSK GOT AN INTERESTING
IDEA, IDENTIFY THE BOTS, HOW DO
YOU GET TO COORDINATED NONHUMAN
CAMPAIGNS THAT ARE BEING
LAUNCHED BY DIFFERENT GROUPS AND
COMMENT SECTIONS ARE ON TWITTER
TO TARGET ACCOUNTS, TO GET
ACCOUNTS SHUT DOWN AND GET
PEOPLE CENSORED, IT IS A PROBLEM
AND PUSHES A LOT OF VIEWERS AWAY
FROM TWITTER, I THINK.
CHARLES: YEAH, I WAS WITH A
GROUP OF PEOPLE AT DINNER WITH
JACK DORSEY AND THEN I HAD A
PRIVATE LUNCH WITH HIM ALMOST A
YEAR AGO OR SO, HE WAS GREAT,
YOU KNOW, HE SEEMS SINCERE THAT
HE WANTS TO LISTEN AND LEARN, HE
DIDN'T DO ANY OF MY IDEAS, BUT
WE TALKED ABOUT THE BOTS, HOW
SOPHISTICATED THEY ARE, OVER A
24-HOUR PERIOD THEY WILL HONE IN
ON SOMETHING LIKE WITH ME IT'S
EITHER BLACK CONSERVATIVE, RACE,
OR REALLY SLURS, REALLY LIKE
SLURS TOWARD BLACK CONSERVATIVES
AND SO WHENEVER SOMETHING
HAPPENS, LET'S SAY PRESIDENT
TRUMP RETWEETS ME, I KNOW THE
NEXT 24 HOURS WILL BE HELL, NOT
THE FIRST COUPLE OF HOURS BUT
ONCE THE BOTS GET INFORMED AND
HE SHOULD BE ABLE TO STOP THAT
OR FILTER IT.
>> ONE OF THE BIG SECRETS BEHIND
FACEBOOK AND TWITTER'S CONSTANT
CENSORSHIP IS THE COMPANIES ARE
NOT AS SOPHISTICATED AND
INTELLIGENT AS THEY PRETEND THEY
ARE, THEY DON'T HAVE THE
TECHNOLOGY TO TRACK THIS STUFF
DOWN THE WAY THEY WANT TO AND
TRY TO CATCH ONTO PEOPLE WHO ARE
BEING RUDE OR RACIST OR BEING
OVER THE LINE, THEY END UP
CENSORING PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST
SHARING ACTUALLY VALID POLITICAL
OPINIONS.
IT'S BECAUSE THEIR ALGORITHMS
WHICH ARE WRITTEN BY HUMANS
TYPICALLY CANNOT KEEP UP WITH
IT.
THEY ARE NOT AS GOOD AS THEY
THINK THEY ARE.
CHARLES: HOW GOOD OF AN IMPACT
DO YOU THINK THIS WILL HAVE IN
THE ELECTION?
>> I HAVE TO WONDER EXACTLY WHAT
WILL HAPPEN TO TWITTER AT ALL
ONCE DONALD TRUMP STOPS
TWEETING, I DON'T KNOW WHEN
THAT'S GOING TO BE, THOUGH.
[LAUGHTER]
CHARLES: WON'T BE BEFORE THE
ELECTION, I BELIEVE IT'S GOING
TO HAVE SOME IMPACT, ALTHOUGH I
HAVE TO TELL YOU, IF I SEE
SOMEONE WITH ZERO FOLLOWERS, YOU
KNOW, THEY ARE FOLLOWING ZERO
