SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey broke his silence with a Twitter thread defending his company’s ban of President Donald Trump as the right decision, but warned that it could set a dangerous precedent.
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The ban, he said, revealed Twitter’s “failure” to create an open and healthy space for what Dorsey calls the “global public conversation.”
But the Twitter co-founder had little specific to say about how Twitter or other Big Tech companies could avoid such choices in the future.
I do not celebrate or feel pride in our having to ban @realDonaldTrump from Twitter, or how we got here. After a clear warning we’d take this action, we made a decision with the best information we had based on threats to physical safety both on and off Twitter. Was this correct?
— jack (@jack) January 14, 2021
That said, having to ban an account has real and significant ramifications. While there are clear and obvious exceptions, I feel a ban is a failure of ours ultimately to promote healthy conversation. And a time for us to reflect on our operations and the environment around us.
— jack (@jack) January 14, 2021
The check and accountability on this power has always been the fact that a service like Twitter is one small part of the larger public conversation happening across the internet. If folks do not agree with our rules and enforcement, they can simply go to another internet service.
— jack (@jack) January 14, 2021
This moment in time might call for this dynamic, but over the long term it will be destructive to the noble purpose and ideals of the open internet. A company making a business decision to moderate itself is different from a government removing access, yet can feel much the same.
— jack (@jack) January 14, 2021
Yes, we all need to look critically at inconsistencies of our policy and enforcement. Yes, we need to look at how our service might incentivize distraction and harm. Yes, we need more transparency in our moderation operations. All this can’t erode a free and open global internet.
— jack (@jack) January 14, 2021
Think about it – this (crazy looking) guy is the one who has the power over our speech!! Already many are hiding what they are saying not to get kicked off. They are referring to vaccines as “baccines” to confuse and hide from the censor.
This “free speech” is a greater threat to our democracy than Portland, Seattle, or the Capital. Note how easy it is for people to give up their rights, something goes wrong and we are ready and willing. This is how it was done in Russia and Germany. Read all the old stories how they had to hide from the censor.
I guess the investors are not happy with the millions of people who left Twitter in the last week, JD is trying to climb down the tree he climbed up.
He just lost MEGA bucks on his stocks – See how is is trying to change tune
P.s. If you didn’t understand what this weirdo comrade is saying, your not alone, he’s probably still trying to figure it out. It feels so much safer to live in a country with such exceptional leadership, the likes of Dorsey, Zuckerberg, bezos,
Just found out that InitiativeQ.com has its roots in Q anon and is really a front for anti-vax antifa members to help fund George Soros’s plot to create a sterile army in order to cover Clinton’s murder of Epstein so that Russia can invade North Korea while Bill Clinton harvests bats from Wuhan for their guano which the Democrats know is the only way they will survive the resurrection of Ttump.
Facts.
Just found out that 5G stimulates those bats to produce guano which is why big tech companies are conspiring to stop people from getting vaccinated for COVID and why the game government is not allowing US citizens from traveling outside the country because Iran is trying to to use nuclear power to produce their own guano.
Help us Parler. Your our only hope.
Just found out that Finkel is Einhorn and Einhorn is Finkel.
More facts.
Rasputin’s hair just says it all
Find Ben Shapiro’s take on this. He makes a very compelling argument on the dangers of what is happening and how this will inevitably lead to a civil war. Of course he may be wrong, and I pray that he is wrong.
Perhaps this is Hashem leading us into מלחמת גוג ומגוג. I guess we’ll find out.
The reality is that a large percentage of conversation does happen on these platforms. And due to the current situation in the world a lot more than ever before. There are only handful of people who can decide what goes and what doesn’t. My opinion is that this is dangerous territory.
Of course, those who hate Trump have their heads buried so deep in the sand to realize or admit the dangers.
Gov’t should break up Twitter