Twitter Files: Founder Jack Dorsey blames himself says, ‘This is my fault alone’
After the revelation of scandalous particulars about Twitter by Elon Musk, the founder and ex-CEO Jack Dorsey has taken up the duty for controversial content material selections that the corporate made below his management.
Dorsey wrote in a weblog put up wrote Twitter finally had an excessive amount of energy to make content material selections below his steering. Users ought to have had extra management over what they see on-line, and Twitter did a poor job of constructing instruments to deal with that.
Dorsey added that he “utterly gave up pushing for” those ideas after an activist investor showed up in early 2020.
“I no longer had hope of achieving any of it as a public company with no defense mechanisms (lack of dual-class shares being a key one),” he mentioned. “I deliberate my exit at that second understanding I used to be now not proper for the corporate.”
There’s loads of dialog across the #TwitterFiles. Here’s my take, and ideas on the best way to repair the problems recognized. I’II begin with the rules I’ve come to imagine primarily based on every thing l’ve discovered and skilled by way of my previous actions as a Twitter co-founder and lead:
— jack (@jack) December 13, 2022
Writing in regards to the suspension of the Twitter account, Dorsey wrote, ” I generally think companies have become far too powerful, and that became completely clear to me with our suspension of Trump’s account. As I’ve said before, we did the right thing for the public company business at the time, but the wrong thing for the internet and society”.
Further, Dorsey shared his views on how he can repair the problems that have been revealed on Twitter Files.
Dorsey wrote, “I’m a strong believer that any content produced by someone for the internet should be permanent until the original author chooses to delete it. It should be always available and addressable. Content takedowns and suspensions should not be possible”.
On the moderation coverage of Twitter, the corporate’s founder wrote, ” I don’t believe a centralized system can do content moderation globally. It can only be done through ranking and relevance algorithms, the more localized the better. But instead of a company or government building and controlling these solely, people should be able to build and choose from algorithms that best match their criteria, or not have to use any at all”.
He added, “The problem today is that we have companies who own both the protocol and discovery of content. Which ultimately puts one person in charge of what’s available and seen, or not. This is by definition a single point of failure, no matter how great the person, and over time will fracture the public conversation, and may lead to more control by governments and corporations around the world”.
Dorsey wished “Twitter, and every company, to become uncomfortably transparent”.
“The present assaults on my former colleagues may very well be harmful and doesn’t remedy something,” Dorsey said. “If you want to blame, direct it at me and my actions, or lack thereof.”
Dorsey defended the sale of Twitter to Musk, saying that taking the corporate non-public has given it the possibility for a “recent reset.”
Recently, Dorsey urged Elon Musk to release “with out filter” Twitter’s internal communications about moderation decisions relating to a report about President Joe Biden’s son Hunter.
Musk has released a shocking internal Twitter conversation—which he has named “Twitter Files”—claiming that the knowledge discloses the platform’s earlier efforts to suppress free speech, particularly from conservative voices.
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