Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey on Twitter Files: Could be dangerous – Times of India

Twitter Files, the series of leaks aided by Elon Musk, has drawn a response from company co-founder Jack Dorsey. The former CEO of the social media platform has said that the attacks on his former colleagues “could be dangerous” and “doesn’t solve anything.”
The 5-part series is aimed at revealing how the company took decisions to curb free speech, shadowbanning and ban accounts, including of former US President Donald Trump. These revelations, mostly by journalists, have given an impression that Twitter employees under the previous leadership were hand in glove with the people with left-leaning ideology.
Responding to Musk’s purported exposé, Dorsey wrote in a blog post that “mistakes were made” at Twitter but the company had “no ill intent or hidden agendas, and everyone acted according to the best information we had at the time.” He also took the blame for all that happened at the company.

Building tools to manage public conversation
Dorsey said that the biggest mistake he made was continuing to invest in building tools for us to manage the public conversation, versus building tools for the people using Twitter to easily manage it for themselves. He said that this move “burdened the company with too much power, and opened us to significant outside pressure (such as advertising budgets).”
Dorsey on Trump’s account suspension
“I generally think companies have become far too powerful, and that became completely clear to me with our suspension of Trump’s account. As I’ve said before, we did the right thing for the public company business at the time, but the wrong thing for the internet and society,” Dorsey said.

Jack Dorsey takes the blame
“I wish they [files] were released Wikileaks-style, with many more eyes and interpretations to consider. And along with that, commitments of transparency for present and future actions. I’m hopeful all of this will happen. There’s nothing to hide…only a lot to learn from. The current attacks on my former colleagues could be dangerous and doesn’t solve anything. If you want to blame, direct it at me and my actions, or lack thereof,” Dorsey said.
The co-founder also went on to say that Twitter, and every company, “become uncomfortably transparent in all their actions. I do believe absolute transparency builds trust.”