jack defends twitter trump then enthuses

The Twitter CEO added that bans by social media companies on Trump after last week’s violence were emboldened by each other’s actions even though they were not coordinated. ‘Healthy’ conversationsĭorsey has said he believes those measures can promote more fruitful, or “healthy,” conversations online and lessen the effect of bad behaviour. Twitter has introduced a series of measures over the last year such as labels, warnings and distribution restrictions to reduce the need for decisions about removing content entirely from the service. Was this correct?Įven so, he added, “While there are clear and obvious exceptions, I feel a ban is a failure of ours ultimately to promote healthy conversation.” 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. I do not celebrate or feel pride in our having to ban from Twitter, or how we got here. In his Twitter thread, Dorsey said that while he took no pride in the ban, “Offline harm as a result of online speech is demonstrably real, and what drives our policy and enforcement above all.”

German Chancellor Angela Merkel also warned through a spokesman that legislators, not private companies, should decide on potential curbs to free expression. The ban drew criticism from some Republicans who said it quelled the president’s right to free speech. And sets a precedent I feel is dangerous: the power an individual or corporation has over a part of the global public conversation.”

They limit the potential for clarification, redemption, and learning. “Having to take these actions fragment the public conversation,” Dorsey said on Twitter. Keep reading list of 4 items list 1 of 4 Twitter permanently suspends Trump’s account list 2 of 4 Twitter, Facebook freeze Trump’s accounts after Congress assault list 3 of 4 Twitter suspends 70,000 accounts sharing QAnon content list 4 of 4 A ‘bad sign’: World leaders and officials blast Twitter Trump ban end of list

Jack defends twitter trump then enthuses