CEO do Twitter diz que banir Trump foi “a decisão certa”, mas teme “precedente perigoso”
Nesta quarta (13), o CEO do Twitter, Jack Dorsey, manifestou-se sobre o banimento de Trump na rede social.
Ele afirmou que não “celebra ou sente orgulho” da decisão, mas acredita que foi “a decisão certa”.
“Enfrentamos uma circunstância extraordinária e insustentável, que nos obrigou a focar todas as nossas ações na segurança pública”, disse Dorsey sobre a invasão do Capitólio.
O CEO, no entanto, disse que a decisão pode abrir um “precedente perigoso”:
“Ter que tomar essas ações fragmenta a conversa pública. Elas nos dividem. Limitam o potencial de esclarecimento, redenção e aprendizado. E abrem um precedente que eu sinto que é perigoso: o poder que um indivíduo ou corporação tem sobre uma parte da conversa pública global”.
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
That said, having to ban an account has real and significant ramifications. While there are clear and obvious exceptions, I feel a ban is a failure of ours ultimately to promote healthy conversation. And a time for us to reflect on our operations and the environment around us.
— jack (@jack) January 14, 2021
The check and accountability on this power has always been the fact that a service like Twitter is one small part of the larger public conversation happening across the internet. If folks do not agree with our rules and enforcement, they can simply go to another internet service.
— jack (@jack) January 14, 2021
This moment in time might call for this dynamic, but over the long term it will be destructive to the noble purpose and ideals of the open internet. A company making a business decision to moderate itself is different from a government removing access, yet can feel much the same.
— jack (@jack) January 14, 2021
The reason I have so much passion for #Bitcoin is largely because of the model it demonstrates: a foundational internet technology that is not controlled or influenced by any single individual or entity. This is what the internet wants to be, and over time, more of it will be.
— jack (@jack) January 14, 2021
This will take time to build. We are in the process of interviewing and hiring folks, looking at both starting a standard from scratch or contributing to something that already exists. No matter the ultimate direction, we will do this work completely through public transparency.
— jack (@jack) January 14, 2021
I believe the internet and global public conversation is our best and most relevant method of achieving this. I also recognize it does not feel that way today. Everything we learn in this moment will better our effort, and push us to be what we are: one humanity working together.
— jack (@jack) January 14, 2021