Inside Twitter’s decision to cut off Donald Trump
Jack Dorsey, the chief executive of Twitter, had reservations about locking US President Donald Trump's account. But the calls for violence that his tweets provoked were too overwhelming.
New York Times
January 17, 2021 / 09:08 AM IST
File image: Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey gives his opening statement remotely during the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing 'Does Section 230's Sweeping Immunity Enable Big Tech Bad Behavior?', on Capitol Hill in Washington DC, United States on October 28, 2020. (Image: Greg Nash/Pool via Reuters)
Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s chief executive, was working remotely on a private island in French Polynesia frequented by celebrities escaping the paparazzi when a phone call interrupted him Jan. 6.