Opinion | Jack Dorsey Has Second Thoughts

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From WSJopinion: Twitter’s Jack Dorsey admits that the last week has accelerated the erosion of a free and open internet that is one of America’s great achievements

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We’ve criticized Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s political speech controls, especiallyof a New York Post story that reflected poorly on the Biden campaign. Many of the impulsive political intrusions by technology companies have done more to embitter American debate than to clean it up. But credit to Mr. Dorsey for at least reflecting on his decisions and the new world the tech titans are creating.

That’s when it got interesting. “The check and accountability on this power,” Mr. Dorsey explained, had been that “if folks do not agree with our rules and enforcement, they can simply go to another internet service.” But “this concept was challenged last week when a number of foundational internet providers also decided not to host what they found dangerous.”

Some users who chafed at Twitter’s clear left-wing slant amid the election had created accounts on Parler, which didn’t moderate content as aggressively. But then in one weekend Parler was wiped out, first by Apple blocking it from its App Store, then by Google doing the same, and then by Amazon ’s Web Services withdrawing access to its cloud network.

Mr. Dorsey thinks this may be necessary, but conceded that “over the long term it will be destructive to the noble purpose and ideals of the open internet.” He added that further changes to Twitter “can’t erode a free and open global internet.”

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HuPing1 opinion Shit full of his dam mouth

opinion He ‘admits’ a lot of things, but does the opposite. This guy is covered too much by press.

opinion “Noble purposes”...give me a break. You mean noble riches at the cost of morales, principles and truth. Getting sick of rich white guys and their blathering on about their utopian ideals neglecting the true realities of the world or the monsters they have made.

opinion There’s a difference between free speech rights and hate talk. Everybody is free to say what they want in our country. But when you are spewing hate and violence you are intruding on others right to live peacefully. This cannot be tolerated any more than rapists and murderers.

opinion It had to be done. There was a fascist dictator in the White House. In fact, it should have been done years ago. Period. Full stop.

opinion Sometime we have to consider exceptions for Nazi's who want to destroy us. Liberals can be so smart yet so deluded that purity of concept has no exceptions. If the Nazi's seize power, do you truly think they will protect 'free speech' for anyone they disagree with?

opinion Disgusting Jack is trying to manipulate the world with Communists.

opinion Thanks to Jack Dorsey

JimBlaine opinion Now that market value is eroding. All about the Benjamin’s.

opinion Twitter and Facebook are the two main platforms that feed on, support and depend on discord among Americans. He’s culpable and lacks any moral credibility.

opinion Free and open doesn’t need to mean crazy and absurd...if people want free and open, then individual responsibility will be required. Childlike behavior will result in limitations...that’s how children are treated. Adult behavior equals more freedom...

opinion Only to the extent that Dorsey thinks the crackdown in thought and speech is too limited.

opinion Nope. Stop claiming its free speech to be a racist, misogynistic, bigoted, homophobic, inbred white supremacist. Nobody has these rights. Never have. Especially religious morons.

opinion Rasputin Speaks!

opinion Another tech pig

opinion Time for 230 to go away!

opinion Having second thoughts might anger the holier than jack ppl who had already declared the bans and purged as holy. It might be that jack will be canceled for his doubts.

opinion No, free speech isn't a pass to say what you want without consequence.

opinion The fairness doctrine says bollocks.

opinion Jack is against the real www 🌎

opinion Either it's a communication medium, like the phone companies, that takes no responsibility for content ... or it is a publication like a newspaper that takes responsibility and can be sued for liable. It's either/or.

opinion Dorsey is now getting pressure from human rights groups and moderate governments to block neo nazi party leaders or anarchists globally. This is what he wanted to avoid - Trump has also broken that for Twitter AND for other populist leaders

opinion If we had a functioning FCC the propaganda wouldn't have made it to social media, be on FOX or CBN in the first place.

opinion he only cares about the app. he is a geek

opinion There are a whole lot of autocratic regimes that should have been banned years ago

djeppink opinion Jack Dorsey now knows what losing millions of dollars feels like.

opinion National security or ad revenue, national security or ad revenue. 🤔 I vote national security.

opinion Ad tech has eroded the internet.

JesseJensen2020 opinion What about those who were removed for not inciting anything? Who is the arbiter of all this? What happens when YOUR side starts arbitrarily getting shut down? This isn’t a sustainable path forward if we’re all still going to live together.

opinion It’s also an anti trust violation.

opinion SWAMP STREET JOURNAL

opinion Jack should be replaced in the interest of shareholders

opinion jack nope. POTUS using Twitter as a formal comm tool wasn’t appropriate, and gave this platform the authority it never should deserve. It changed the power balance and resulted in Twitter carrying more weight than it should. What happens now is correction. Damage done 4y ago

djeppink opinion FreeSpeech FreedomAct Poland

opinion He noticed it. He and his fellow CEO of tech giants help the US join on that field to China and Russia.

opinion ...no kidding. What’s next?

djeppink opinion Censorship is the weapon of those who have more to lose than to gain.

opinion Time these goons were regulated and open to ramifications.

opinion Maybe it is time to give some credit to the Chinese model on managing the Internet and social media?

opinion You think?

opinion

SoulRighter opinion I didn't agree with this article at all lol.

opinion weirdo beardo!

opinion Its ok comrade Dorsey. Youve got Stalin's approval.

opinion ban the opposition and everyone agrees?........ they start coming for you, and all of a sudden its 'an attack on free speech'? Fools.

opinion It’s disingenuous to describe the free & open internet as “one of America’s greatest achievements” when the internet itself was invented by British scientist, Tim Berners-Lee, working at CERN in Europe. The US would never ‘enhance’ someone else’s intellectual property, would it?

opinion Thanks to Donald Trump!

opinion I think it's disingenuous to say he has 'second thoughts'. He knew well the implications of his decision, and he doesn't seem to feel much better about it than anyone else. The truth is that there was really no choice left. What is one to do when a sitting president incites hate?

opinion America’s freedom made it possible for Twitter and FB to exist. And America’s freedom made it possible for your wealth. Now your denying those very Americans the right to free speech. We are the reason why you exist and are wealthy.

opinion No more Trump tweets is true peace. Maybe we need Tweeting licenses like a driver’s licenses. Something that can be revoked after someone ends enough people’s lives.

opinion Definition of censorship: the suppression or prohibition of any parts of books, films, news, etc. that are considered obscene, politically unacceptable, or a threat to security.

opinion It’s not a free internet when a completely unchecked frothing, conspiracy-addled segment of that internet population is hellbent on oppressing, brainwashing, and murdering the rest and instituting their perverted vision of America.

opinion In the US we are *not* afforded the right to speech inciting violence, it makes not one gram of difference if that speech is online or in a grocery store. We have the right to say stupid, crude, and vile things to or about others, but not things which would cause them bodily harm

opinion jack you should listen to Mr. Miyagi - “Walk on road...hmmm.... Walk left side, safe. Walk right side, safe. Walk middle, sooner or later...get squish just like grape.” I think you may be walking in the middle of the road.

opinion Yet Twitter allows Chinese government officials to promote lies, hate and violence. What’s the difference Funny how Twitter is banned in China but many ‘users’ from there.

opinion Loss of market value does amazing things

opinion Free speech is the 1st thing to fall even if you think it is in name of good. I would rather hear the crazy talk than stifle it. How do you know if there is a fire or not. Who are you to tell me if I should speak or not.

opinion If you have to explain the difference between free-speech free Internet and use of a criminal intent youve lost the conversation/ argument It's nice to have a trump free Twitter once again so much more content without idiot n mouth sanz brain

opinion How about Jack and Mark Z make a substantial contribution to education similar to what tycoon Leland Stanford did with the founding of Stanford University. Create a prestigious School of Journalism.

opinion By his own hand , good, damn jackwad, why is this a story, pity?

opinion jack, but that ( erosion) was the need of the Hour which can be changed again..remember Change is the only constant.

opinion He should be worried. People will and should boycott Twitter

opinion Let’s be honest ...we voluntarily enter anything with the words ‘net’ and ‘web’ in them ...it’s pretty obvious their intent...

HuPing1 opinion 中国现在确实这样,说实话的都被当作疯子

opinion Hmmm. So we should ALL be allowed to repeatedly violate twitter’s rules about inciting violence & sedition, lying about elections, lying about political opponents...? Or just that ONE guy should have those “eroded freedoms”?

opinion But this doesn’t recognize that there is plenty of space for open conversation of ideas on Twitter, as long as it doesn’t incite violence and has some basis in fact.

Coltheman1 opinion jack has to either do a full flip flop, which he won't do, or resign/ sell up, which I doubt will happen. I think he has committed to the Democrats, along with his tech bros and therefore take the potential crash and burn. You can't offend half of the US without consequences.

opinion Yes but we just cannot allow people to spread dangerous threats and violence. SORRY

opinion Anyone else doing the exact same antics would have been suspend ages ago. This is not a free speech issue, in fact it is permitted under free speech.

opinion Thank you for taking Trump off Twitter!!!

opinion Wrong decision from Twitter. Poor judgment from CEO.

opinion I think we should just call him Kurtz from now on.

opinion jack please keep it up, fake news harms society and democracy.

opinion There is a theory that, in a free market of ideas, truth wins out over lies. ThAt doesn’t seem to be what’s happening.

opinion too late for second thoughts

opinion Everyone loves the internet until they have to look up a recipe.

opinion Twitters life is coming to an end. Biased censorship will not be tolerated by the worlds heads of state

opinion We have to protect the stupid from false information. A scam is not freedom of speech.

opinion Jack Dorsey did the right thing blocking trump and the zombies after four years of bullying, threats, attacks, and lies and a final, ultimate betrayal. There needs to be some return to decency. Why have the GOP lost their minds?

opinion Stick with you gut, you stopped many deaths

opinion JD wants a, consequence, free and open internet! The insurrection proves that’s a lie. Unsuspecting ppl get hurt, pro and con, from conspiracies spun on the internet.

opinion Dorsey shouldn’t regret the company’s decision to remove individual and group accounts that promoted efforts & planned actions to cause violence & physical harm. It was the right move for the company & America.

opinion No it hasn’t.

opinion motherfucker

opinion The problem could be the way a company like twitter, which serves as the largest global platform for people to voice their opinions, is structured. It should ideally be non-profit, with a global base, and the likes of Jack & Mark shouldn't matter

opinion And saved countless lives in thwarting more terrorist attacks.

opinion What other “great achievements “ have so significantly contributed to the destabilization of our country? Certainly the Internet is one of the most important developments in the world, but it was unleashed before the repercussions were studied, understood, and prepared for.

opinion He should have as they all should. We cannot continue to have false information, especially in politics, influence elections and society at large. America has enough of that in the 'education' system where stupidity and ignorance has basically destroyed this country.

opinion Dorsey is a spineless cog.

opinion it's Tweeter boss who accelerated the 'erosion'

opinion All this fever because Trump got RIGHTFULLY booted when non-political leaders have been banned for far less. If Azaelia Banks’s bullying behind can get kicked off t platform, so can Trump. Why the hell is this even a discussion?

opinion opinion has spent 4 years supporting a corrupt, pathologically lying, cruel, immoral, traitorous, dictator-wannabe con-man. You should be ashamed.

opinion FTP!

opinion He had 2nd thoughts because of their stock price not his concern for anything else.

opinion He stopped giving podium to whomever he disagrees with! Why you give him podium?

opinion Is that all he admits? He has created a tsunami. We are more divided than ever. Way to go! 🙌🏻

opinion Overthrowing your own country isn't free speech.

opinion Terrorism deserves a second thought? If Osama bin Laden were alive today, he should not have a Twitter account sharing pictures of his life in Pakistan. Like Trump, he would be tempted to tweet clips of his hate rallies. jack

opinion never free. just a misused tool of the elite. stealing information, propagating scams and spying of people

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