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Prince Harry warned Twitter about 'coup' before Capitol riot

Guardian, 10 Nov 2021
Prince Harry says he warned Twitter's boss, Jack Dorsey, that the platform was 'allowing a coup to be staged', a day before the Capitol riot on 6 January. Speaking on a panel called the Internet Lie Machine, organised by Wired magazine, Harry says he had been in contact with Dorsey via email, but never received a reply after the storming of the Capitol. He also says the word 'Megxit', used to describe his decision to quit royal duties with his wife, Meghan, was a misogynistic term that had been created by a troll

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