«I do not celebrate or feel pride in our having to ban @realDonaldTrump, or how we got here,» Dorsey began a lengthy Twitter thread. Offline harm as a result of online speech is demonstrably real, and what drives our policy and enforcement above all. « While there are clear and obvious exceptions, I feel a ban is a failure of ours ultimately to promote healthy conversation. » « If folks do not agree with our rules and enforcement, they can simply go to another internet service,» Dorsey wrote.
«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,» Dorsey said. «A company making a business decision to moderate itself is different from a government removing access, yet can feel much the same. Yes, we all need to look critically at inconsistencies of our policy and enforcement. All this can’t erode a free and open global internet».
Dorsey then highlighted a Twitter-funded initiative called «bluesky», which he said would hopefully determine an «open decentralized standard for social media.» He then vowed to commit to «public transparency» as the program is being developed. « Our goal in this moment is 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,» Dorsey continued. «I believe the internet and global public conversation is our best and most relevant method of achieving this. » Highlighting two relatively tame tweets from the president, one of which stated he would not attend Biden’s inauguration on Jan.
Highlighting two relatively tame tweets from the president, one of which stated he would not attend Biden’s inauguration on Jan. 20, the company argued that they had to be viewed in a wider context. «These two Tweets must be read in the context of broader events in the country and the ways in which the President’s statements can be mobilized by different audiences, including to incite violence, as well as in the context of the pattern of behavior from this account in recent weeks,» the company said. «After assessing the language in these Tweets against our Glorification of Violence policy, we have determined that these Tweets are in violation of the Glorification of Violence Policy and the user @realDonaldTrump should be immediately permanently suspended from the service».
Source: Joseph A. Wulfsohn | Fox News
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