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| Meta Title | Twitter CEO defends Trump ban, warns of dangerous precedent | AP News |
| Meta Description | SAN FRANCISCO (AP) â Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey defended his companyâs ban of President Donald Trump in a philosophical Twitter thread that is his first public statement on the subject. |
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Published 2:48 AM GMT, January 14, 2021
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) â Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey
defended his companyâs ban of President Donald Trump
in a philosophical Twitter thread that is his first public statement on the subject.
When Trump incited his followers to storm the U.S. Capitol last week, then continued to tweet potentially ominous messages, Dorsey said the resulting risk to public safety created an âextraordinary and untenable circumstanceâ for the company. Having already briefly suspended Trumpâs account the day of the Capitol riot, Twitter on Friday
banned Trump entirely
, then smacked down the presidentâs attempts to tweet using other accounts.
âI do not celebrate or feel pride in our having to ban @realDonaldTrump from Twitter,â Dorsey wrote. But he added: âI believe this was the right decision for Twitter.â
Dorsey acknowledged that shows of strength like the Trump ban could set dangerous precedents, even calling them a sign of âfailure.â Although not in so many words, Dorsey suggested that Twitter needs to find ways to avoid having to make such decisions in the first place. Exactly how that would work isnât clear, although it could range from earlier and more effective moderation to a fundamental restructuring of social networks.
In Dorsey-speak, that means Twitter needs to work harder to âpromote healthy conversation.â
Extreme measures such as banning Trump also highlight the extraordinary power that Twitter and other Big Tech companies can wield without accountability or recourse, Dorsey wrote.
While Twitter was grappling with the problem of Trump, for instance, Apple, Google and Amazon were effectively
shutting down the right-wing site Parler
by denying it access to app stores and cloud-hosting services. The companies charged that Parler wasnât aggressive enough about removing calls to violence, which Parler has denied.
Dorsey declined to criticize his Big Tech counterparts directly, even noting that âthis moment in time might call for this dynamic.â Over the long term, however, he suggested that aggressive and domineering behavior could threaten the ânoble purpose and idealsâ of the open internet by entrenching the power of a few organizations over a commons that should be accessible to everyone.
The Twitter co-founder, however, had little specific to say about how his platform or other Big Tech companies could avoid such choices in the future. Instead, he touched on an idea that, taken literally, sounds a bit like the end of Twitter itself â a long-term project to develop a technological âstandardâ that could liberate social networks from centralized control by the likes of Facebook and Twitter.
But for the moment, Dorsey wrote, Twitterâs goal âis to disarm as much as we can, and ensure we are all building towards a greater common understanding, and a more peaceful existence on earth.â |
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FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020, file photo, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey appears on a screen as he speaks remotely during a hearing before the Senate Commerce Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington. Dorsey broke his silence to defend his companyâs ban of President Donald Trump as the right decision, but warned that it could set a dangerous precedent. The ban, he said, revealed Twitterâs âfailureâ to create an open and healthy space for what Dorsey calls the âglobal public conversation.â (Michael Reynolds/Pool Photo via AP, File)
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FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, file photo, President Donald Trump arrives on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, after returning from Texas. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey broke his silence to defend his companyâs ban of Trump as the right decision, but warned that it could set a dangerous precedent. The ban, he said, revealed Twitterâs âfailureâ to create an open and healthy space for what Dorsey calls the âglobal public conversation.â (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) â Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey [defended his companyâs ban of President Donald Trump](https://twitter.com/jack/status/1349510769268850690) in a philosophical Twitter thread that is his first public statement on the subject.
When Trump incited his followers to storm the U.S. Capitol last week, then continued to tweet potentially ominous messages, Dorsey said the resulting risk to public safety created an âextraordinary and untenable circumstanceâ for the company. Having already briefly suspended Trumpâs account the day of the Capitol riot, Twitter on Friday [banned Trump entirely](https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-donald-trump-media-michael-flynn-social-media-f41b11060d7703e3a3136ddb5eefa055), then smacked down the presidentâs attempts to tweet using other accounts.
âI do not celebrate or feel pride in our having to ban @realDonaldTrump from Twitter,â Dorsey wrote. But he added: âI believe this was the right decision for Twitter.â
Dorsey acknowledged that shows of strength like the Trump ban could set dangerous precedents, even calling them a sign of âfailure.â Although not in so many words, Dorsey suggested that Twitter needs to find ways to avoid having to make such decisions in the first place. Exactly how that would work isnât clear, although it could range from earlier and more effective moderation to a fundamental restructuring of social networks.
In Dorsey-speak, that means Twitter needs to work harder to âpromote healthy conversation.â
Extreme measures such as banning Trump also highlight the extraordinary power that Twitter and other Big Tech companies can wield without accountability or recourse, Dorsey wrote.
While Twitter was grappling with the problem of Trump, for instance, Apple, Google and Amazon were effectively [shutting down the right-wing site Parler](https://apnews.com/article/google-apple-amazon-parler-app-367b6dff19026c3811651aa01bde58f2) by denying it access to app stores and cloud-hosting services. The companies charged that Parler wasnât aggressive enough about removing calls to violence, which Parler has denied.
Dorsey declined to criticize his Big Tech counterparts directly, even noting that âthis moment in time might call for this dynamic.â Over the long term, however, he suggested that aggressive and domineering behavior could threaten the ânoble purpose and idealsâ of the open internet by entrenching the power of a few organizations over a commons that should be accessible to everyone.
The Twitter co-founder, however, had little specific to say about how his platform or other Big Tech companies could avoid such choices in the future. Instead, he touched on an idea that, taken literally, sounds a bit like the end of Twitter itself â a long-term project to develop a technological âstandardâ that could liberate social networks from centralized control by the likes of Facebook and Twitter.
But for the moment, Dorsey wrote, Twitterâs goal âis to disarm as much as we can, and ensure we are all building towards a greater common understanding, and a more peaceful existence on earth.â
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| Readable Markdown | Published 2:48 AM GMT, January 14, 2021
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) â Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey [defended his companyâs ban of President Donald Trump](https://twitter.com/jack/status/1349510769268850690) in a philosophical Twitter thread that is his first public statement on the subject.
When Trump incited his followers to storm the U.S. Capitol last week, then continued to tweet potentially ominous messages, Dorsey said the resulting risk to public safety created an âextraordinary and untenable circumstanceâ for the company. Having already briefly suspended Trumpâs account the day of the Capitol riot, Twitter on Friday [banned Trump entirely](https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-donald-trump-media-michael-flynn-social-media-f41b11060d7703e3a3136ddb5eefa055), then smacked down the presidentâs attempts to tweet using other accounts.
âI do not celebrate or feel pride in our having to ban @realDonaldTrump from Twitter,â Dorsey wrote. But he added: âI believe this was the right decision for Twitter.â
Dorsey acknowledged that shows of strength like the Trump ban could set dangerous precedents, even calling them a sign of âfailure.â Although not in so many words, Dorsey suggested that Twitter needs to find ways to avoid having to make such decisions in the first place. Exactly how that would work isnât clear, although it could range from earlier and more effective moderation to a fundamental restructuring of social networks.
In Dorsey-speak, that means Twitter needs to work harder to âpromote healthy conversation.â
Extreme measures such as banning Trump also highlight the extraordinary power that Twitter and other Big Tech companies can wield without accountability or recourse, Dorsey wrote.
While Twitter was grappling with the problem of Trump, for instance, Apple, Google and Amazon were effectively [shutting down the right-wing site Parler](https://apnews.com/article/google-apple-amazon-parler-app-367b6dff19026c3811651aa01bde58f2) by denying it access to app stores and cloud-hosting services. The companies charged that Parler wasnât aggressive enough about removing calls to violence, which Parler has denied.
Dorsey declined to criticize his Big Tech counterparts directly, even noting that âthis moment in time might call for this dynamic.â Over the long term, however, he suggested that aggressive and domineering behavior could threaten the ânoble purpose and idealsâ of the open internet by entrenching the power of a few organizations over a commons that should be accessible to everyone.
The Twitter co-founder, however, had little specific to say about how his platform or other Big Tech companies could avoid such choices in the future. Instead, he touched on an idea that, taken literally, sounds a bit like the end of Twitter itself â a long-term project to develop a technological âstandardâ that could liberate social networks from centralized control by the likes of Facebook and Twitter.
But for the moment, Dorsey wrote, Twitterâs goal âis to disarm as much as we can, and ensure we are all building towards a greater common understanding, and a more peaceful existence on earth.â |
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