Jack Dorsey: "Trump Account Suspension Right for Twitter but a Dangerous Precedent"
On the 13th, admission announced through personal account
[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Hyunjin] Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter, expressed on the 13th (local time) that permanently suspending U.S. President Donald Trump's account was the right decision for Twitter but said he believes it "sets a dangerous precedent."
According to CNBC and other outlets, CEO Dorsey stated on his Twitter account that "we are in an exceptional and indefensible environment where we must devote all efforts to public safety." He added, "The real-world threats caused by online expression have become a factor in determining the direction of our policies," and "We acted after giving prior warnings and made decisions regarding physical threats based on the best available information."
CEO Dorsey acknowledged that this policy "divides the public sphere and creates a precedent that I also feel is 'dangerous'." However, he also said, "If you don't like our policy, you can use services from other companies." He mentioned, "There was controversy last week as other companies also decided to block accounts they deemed dangerous," and added, "I don't think this was a coordinated action. Each company followed its own judgment or was empowered by seeing the actions of others."
Earlier, Twitter announced on the 8th, two days after supporters of President Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC on the 6th causing violent clashes, that "due to the risk of further incitement of violence, President Trump's account has been permanently suspended." President Trump and his supporters strongly opposed this decision, calling it "unreasonable and dangerous."
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Besides Twitter, other social networking services (SNS) such as Facebook, YouTube, and Snapchat also indefinitely suspended President Trump's accounts, and application platform companies like Apple and Google even blocked the distribution of certain social media platforms that had become hubs for the violent plotting of Trump's ardent supporters.
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