Breakingviews - Twitter can’t please everyone but still has to try

Twitter slapped a fact-checking link on a Trump tweet when the president used his favorite online megaphone to claim that mail-in voting ballots are rife with fraud. The White House is now preparing to issue an executive order that calls for a review of legal protections social media enjoy, that let sites modify harmful content without being deemed legally liable for content they carry.

It may be more smoke than fire. Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act, which largely protects companies from lawsuits, has been a matter of fierce debate for years. Courts have been the arbiter and they’ve routinely sided with tech companies, including in recent U.S. Supreme Court cases. Trump can demand probes, or propose to change the law, but it would be up to lawmakers to actually do so.

Still, Dorsey is a relative novice when it comes to being cast as a villain. He has been more savvy in Washington circles than his counterparts at Google-owner Alphabet and Facebook. The $26 billion Twitter ditched political advertising early and was more upfront with lawmakers. He also has more people to please. Unlike founders of Facebook and Alphabet, Dorsey doesn’t have a controlling stake in his company. Twitter only recently agreed on a turnaround plan with shareholder Elliott to increase revenue and get more money from its users. Dorsey and Elliott’s interests seem closely aligned, but if pulled into a political tweetstorm, they may diverge.

A thorough cleanup of toxic content would make Twitter stronger, in the long term. Yet few investors really think long term in the way a founder would. In the meantime, ramping up the fact checking process, especially in a U.S. election year, is only going to bring more scrutiny and distract Dorsey when he’s trying to hit targets already made harder by the pandemic. Dorsey can’t please everyone, but he has little choice but to try.

All Twitter really has to do is be a platform and not a content creator...

Well,why not? Turn the logo to red ,for sure it can please the 1.4Billion people who are excellent in Disinformation!

jeffmason1 & nanditab1 make false statements, do not investigate! Unfair, biased, so-called reporters! Wrote that President Trump and his Supporters make 'unsubstantiated claims' about unfair treatment on social media. We get banned often, for no reason! realDonaldTrump

The key is having a transparent process and the plums to enforce it. There is no requirement to give an account to somebody who violates the rules. Well, other than a weak spine.

No they don’t. They try to please everyone because they’re greedy.

They made their bed...

Trump is just a confused narcissist!!!

All they need to do is add an edit button. Boom just solved that problem.

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