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Prince Harry has revealed he warned Twitter's CEO Jack Dorsey that he was allowing a coup to be staged in the US just a day before the January 6 Capitol riots took place.
The Duke of Sussex was speaking on Tuesday on an online panel discussing disinformation in which he aired his grievances at the media.
Asked if he had spoken to Mark Zuckerberg or Jack Dorsey about his worries about social media, Harry said: 'Jack and I were emailing each other prior to January 6 where I warned him his platform was allowing a coup to be staged.
'That email was sent the day before and then it happened and I haven't heard from him since.'
On January 6, pro-Donald Trump protesters sought to overturn the election result by storming the Capitol, and the role of social media in spreading the conspiracy theories is being investigated.
Prince Harry has revealed he warned Twitter's CEO Jack Dorsey that he was allowing a coup to be staged in the US just a day before the January 6 Capitol riots took place
The Duke of Sussex says he has not heard from the Twitter CEO (pictured) since pro-Trump protesters stormed the Capitol
Trump's account was shut down that day and it has not yet been reopened.
During the panel hosted by Wired, Harry also spoke about his personal experiences with the media.
He said: 'Misinformation is a global humanitarian crisis. I felt it personally over the years and I'm now watching it happening globally, affecting everyone not just in America, literally everyone around the world.
'The scariest part about this is you don't need to be online to be affected by this. It's important to recognise this problem
