{"id":2289,"date":"2021-01-14T02:36:16","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T02:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/?p=1334042"},"modified":"2021-01-14T02:36:16","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T02:36:16","slug":"jack-dorsey-i-do-not-celebrate-trumps-twitter-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=2289","title":{"rendered":"Jack Dorsey: \u201cI do not celebrate\u201d Trump\u2019s Twitter ban"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Just a few days ago, Twitter banned<\/a> outgoing President Donald Trump, taking away his favorite distraction. While many welcomed the move as a preventative step for future violence following the unprecedented attack on the US Capitol, others condemned it as an overreach.<\/p>\n

Not all of the latter were necessarily Trump supporters either; German Chancellor Angela Merkel called the move \u201cproblematic,\u201d<\/a> a sentiment shared by some who worry about the power held by major social media companies. The fact that Facebook<\/a>, Instagram<\/a>,  YouTube<\/a>, and Snapchat<\/a> implemented restrictions of their own only added fuel to the fire.<\/p>\n

Today Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey took to his platform<\/a> to elaborate on the reasoning behind the move, as well as reflect on its potential implications.<\/p>\n

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I do not celebrate or feel pride in our having to ban @realDonaldTrump<\/a> from Twitter, or how we got here. After a clear warning we\u2019d 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?<\/p>\n

\u2014 jack (@jack) January 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It\u2019s a long thread of tweets that you can read here<\/a>, but to summarize:<\/p>\n