App to Clean up Controversial Social Media Posts
WASHINGTON, April 21 (UPI) — Ethan Czahor was hired to be the Chief Technology Officer for the Jeb Bush super PAC Right to Rise but was fired before he could take over. Journalists quickly discovered tweets and other posts from his social media counts where Czahor made comments calling women “sluts” and other controversial remarks.
Since his dismissal, Czahor has been working to save others from his fate. He is working on an app called Clear that will scan social media and identify any posts that may prove offensive.
“It’s always wrong to be intolerant or hateful, no matter what the platform is,” he told Bloomberg. “That’s wrong. But I believe people have the right to control what they’ve said. If you’re 16, 17, early in your college career, you’re not sophisticated enough to know how the world works and what’s going to be a problem for you. There are millennials entering the work force who’ve been on Facebook for 10 years, and they might not even be thinking about how someone can take an old post or thought out of context.”
Czahor said he is focusing on Clear for right now but does not reject the idea of returning to politics — maybe even in this cycle.
“I didn’t get scared away,” he told Politico. “I knew politics is a one-strike-you’re-out business.”
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