Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Twitter, explained tonight (Thursday) the reasons that led Twitter to block and remove President Trump’s account a few days ago. The public. “
Dorsey defended the company’s decision, saying he understood it could be a “dangerous precedent.” He made it clear that Twitter was facing an unusual and unusual situation when they saw that Trump was “inciting violence.”
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
“Such blockages call into question Twitter’s ability to create an open and healthy space for global public discourse,” Dorsey said. The CEO and founder of Twitter has refrained from providing answers to the question of how the company will be able to prevent similar cases from recurring in the future.
Trump in a message to protesters during riots in the Capitol: “Go home”
As you may recall, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and other social networks have removed President Trump’s accounts after many allegedly incited violence during the riots that erupted last week on Capitol Hill in Washington. During the Senate vote on the appointment of President-elect Joe Biden, thousands of Trump supporters stormed the congressional compound and wreaked havoc. In a videotaped interview released at the time, Trump told them, “We love you, but you must leave.”
Against the background of President Trump’s blockade, Twitter has been widely criticized in recent days around the world for, according to many, denying freedom of expression. As a result, in recent days there has been an increased registration of millions of people for the social networks Telegram, Signal and more. The influx to the new social networks also comes against the background of the update of the privacy policy of the social network WhatsApp.
Tonight, the social network Snapshot also announced that it will immediately block the account of outgoing President Donald Trump.