Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter, said Wednesday that the social media platform faced an “extraordinary and unsustainable circumstance” before banning it. President Trump
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The platform permanently suspended Trump’s account last friday days after a crowd of his supporters had violated the United States Capitol in a riot that left five people dead.
The company made the decision, which has happened ever since controversial, after determining that his charges posed “the risk of inciting violence.”
In a long Twitter thread on Wednesday, Dorsey said the platform “faced an extraordinary and unsustainable circumstance, which forced us to focus all our actions on public safety. The offline damage as a result of online speech is demonstrable that it is real, and what drives above all our policy and our application. “
Dorsey acknowledged, however, that having to ban an account has “real and significant ramifications,” adding that doing so is ultimately our failure to promote a healthy conversation. And it’s a time to reflect on the our operations and the environment around us “.
That said, having to ban an account has real and significant ramifications. While there are clear and obvious exceptions, I feel that the ban is our ultimate failure, to promote a healthy conversation. And it is a time to reflect on our operations and the environment around us.
– Jack (@jack) January 14, 2021
Dorsey also noted that in the long run, the actions of Twitter and other companies would be “destructive to the noble purpose and ideals of the open internet.”
“Yes, we all need to look critically at the inconsistencies in our policy and our implementation. Yes, we need to look at how our service can encourage distraction and harm. Yes, we need more transparency in our moderation operations. All together it cannot erode an open and free global Internet, “he tweeted.
Yes, we all need to look critically at the inconsistencies in our policy and our application. Yes, we need to look at how our service can encourage distraction and harm. Yes, we need more transparency in our moderation operations. All this cannot erode an open and free global Internet.
– Jack (@jack) January 14, 2021
The Twitter CEO further stated that he is funding an initiative called Bluesky, aimed at creating an “open decentralized standard for social media,” adding that it is still in process. Still, he noted that the goal is to “disarm as much as we can” and “make sure we are all building toward greater common understanding and a more peaceful existence on earth.”
“I believe that the Internet and global public conversation are our best and most relevant method of achieving this. I also recognize that today it doesn’t feel that way. Everything we learn at this time will improve our effort and drive us to be who we are: a humanity working together, ”he concluded.
I believe that the Internet and global public conversation are our best and most relevant method of achieving this. I also recognize that today it doesn’t feel that way. Everything we learn right now will improve our effort and drive us to be who we are: a humanity working together.
– Jack (@jack) January 14, 2021
Several social media platforms, including Facebook, YouTube and Snapchat, took similar actions to restrict or ban Trump from the platform after the riot.
The president assassinated the companies on Tuesday, saying their decisions would be a “catastrophic mistake for them.”