Should @jack testify?

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On Wednesday, Rich Luchette, a spokesman for the antitrust subcommittee’s chairman, put the kibosh on the idea of bringing Dorsey along. “He has not been invited,” Luchette tweeted. That likely means that the public won't hear Dorsey’s thoughts on Twitter’s [recent hack](, its fact-checking of [President Trump’s tweets]( and this week's banning of [thousands of accounts]( associated with the conspiracy theory movement QAnon. But ultimately, Dorsey not showing up is really only bad news for four people: the other CEOs in the spotlight. Without Twitter to distract the representatives, the tech leaders might actually be compelled to answer tricky questions. Typically, these kinds of hearings are a circus—a chance for lawmakers to flex their political muscle and hammer tech executives with blistering questions they may not even be given time to answer. That will probably be the case on Monday when members of Congress are faced with four powerful men running four distinct companies. It’s hard to imagine there will be time to drill down on any company-specific issues, even without Dorsey present. That’s too bad, because anticompetitive behavior is a pressing Silicon Valley question, even though Twitter is not an antitrust threat. Facebook and Google control a combined 52.8% of the U.S. digital ad market, according to eMarketer. Twitter, meanwhile, accounts for just 1.1%. Unlike Facebook—which owns Instagram and WhatsApp—Twitter does not own other large apps or services. And unlike Amazon and Apple, it is not expanding aggressively into new business lines, like high-end movies and television. For years, Twitter has simply been trying to turn a profit. The fact that Twitter was even a consideration for this meeting is a testament to the company’s outsized influence. The platform has long punched above its weight in this regard. But it may also be a signal that the committee isn’t serious about getting real answers on anti-competitive behavior. It's possible that Jordan is less worried about Twitter’s market share than its policies around speech—a concern shared by many other conservatives, including Trump, who Twitter has called out for violating its rules in recent months. Bringing in Dorsey to testify would have created a sideshow about conservative bias that we’ve already seen play out many times over. Even without a Dorsey invite, though, the dustup over Twitter’s presence at the hearings undercuts the premise that America’s politicians actually care about antitrust. 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