Twitter founder, Jack Dorsey, has noted that Donald Trump should not have been banished from the social media platform, despite him being CEO when the decision was made.
Jack Dorsey, in a reply to a Twitter user, averred that banning Trump was a business decision that shouldn’t have been taken.
“We should always revisit our decisions and evolve as necessary. I stated in that thread and still believe that permanent bans of individuals are directionally wrong,” said Dorsey in a tweet.
According to Dorsey, he supported bans for sharing content such as “child sexual exploitation (CSE), illegal behavior, spam or network manipulation, etc”. However, he was quick to note that “generally permanent bans are a failure of ours and don’t work, which I wrote about here after the event (and called for a resilient social media protocol)”.
This came after Musk disclosed that he would reverse the ban on the former US President at an event. Musk, who is in the process of completing his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, revealed he intended to revoke the ban, calling it “a morally bad decision and foolish in the extreme”.
Jack Agrees With Elon to Remove ‘Permabans’
Speaking at a London conference on the future of cars, Musk said: “I do think it was not correct to ban Donald Trump”. The Tesla founder also noted that Dorsey, who was CEO of Twitter until November 2021, agreed with him.
“It [the ban] alienated a large part of the country and did not ultimately result in Donald Trump not having a voice. He is now going to be on Truth Social. So, I think this may end up being frankly worse than having a single forum where everyone can debate. I guess the answer is that I would reverse the permanent ban”.
Elon Musk
Speaking further on the permanent bans, Elon Musk revealed that he had discussed the subject with Dorsey.
“He and I are of the same mind, which is that permanent bans should be extremely rare, and really reserved for accounts that are bots, or spam/scam accounts,” Musk disclosed. “I would reverse the permaban. Obviously, I don’t own Twitter yet, so this is not something that will definitely happen”.
Elon Musk also stated that his acquisition of Twitter, which is still subject to a shareholder approval, could close well before the October deadline.
Meanwhile, Trump already claimed that he had no intention of rejoining Twitter even if his account was reinstated. According to the former President, he would instead focus on Truth Social.
“I am not going on Twitter. I am going to stay on Truth,” Trump said. “I hope Elon buys Twitter because he’ll make improvements to it and he is a good man, but I am going to be staying on Truth”.
Trump was banned from Twitter in January 2021, in response to his supporters storming the US Capitol and attempting to block the certification of Joe Biden’s election victory. Trump then launched his Truth Social app in February, but the service’s debut was plagued by technical issues.
According to reports, Musk previously mocked the Twitter clone, calling Truth Social a “terrible name” and joking that it should be called “Trumpet” instead. He has said that Truth Social only exists because Twitter “censored free speech”.
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