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Jack just decimated not just his ability to have influence in the world (as we saw in Uganda), but also his own traffic domestically.
Nobody is going to tell me that intelligence agencies in the West don't use social media to influence. Of course they do, as do their adversaries. How dangerous is it, that now Europe and other nations are having second thoughts about this ease of access? Guess whose software is now going to be viewed with closer scrutiny?
These short sighted order takers don't have the first clue about human nature, other than addiction. They have made it easy for people to turn it off though, ironically. More importantly, he's given the green light for foreign nations to do it as well, Russia and China will be telling other leaders (in Europe too, perhaps?) "Clearly these guys are trying to rig your game too, so shut them off, build locally. Here, we will help you..."
Another over rewarded, self important, Useful Idiot. Those behind him are just as unimpressive.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey defended his company's ban of U.S. 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 "extraordinary and untenable circumstance" for the company. Having already briefly suspended Trump's account the day of the Capitol riot, Twitter on Friday banned Trump entirely, then smacked down the president's attempts to tweet using other accounts.
"I do not celebrate or feel pride in our having to ban @realDonaldTrump from Twitter," Dorsey wrote. But he said: "I believe this was the right decision for Twitter."
Dorsey acknowledged that shows of strength like the Trump ban could set dangerous precedents, even calling them a sign of "failure." 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 isn't 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 "promote healthy conversation."
Nobody is going to tell me that intelligence agencies in the West don't use social media to influence. Of course they do, as do their adversaries. How dangerous is it, that now Europe and other nations are having second thoughts about this ease of access? Guess whose software is now going to be viewed with closer scrutiny?
These short sighted order takers don't have the first clue about human nature, other than addiction. They have made it easy for people to turn it off though, ironically. More importantly, he's given the green light for foreign nations to do it as well, Russia and China will be telling other leaders (in Europe too, perhaps?) "Clearly these guys are trying to rig your game too, so shut them off, build locally. Here, we will help you..."
Another over rewarded, self important, Useful Idiot. Those behind him are just as unimpressive.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey defended his company's ban of U.S. 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 "extraordinary and untenable circumstance" for the company. Having already briefly suspended Trump's account the day of the Capitol riot, Twitter on Friday banned Trump entirely, then smacked down the president's attempts to tweet using other accounts.
"I do not celebrate or feel pride in our having to ban @realDonaldTrump from Twitter," Dorsey wrote. But he said: "I believe this was the right decision for Twitter."
Dorsey acknowledged that shows of strength like the Trump ban could set dangerous precedents, even calling them a sign of "failure." 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 isn't 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 "promote healthy conversation."
