The Chief Executive Officer of one of the world's most popular social network, Twitter, Jack Dorsey, has acknowledged the dilemma faced by the social media giant in its unprecedented decision to ban a sitting President of the United States, Donald Trump, from its platform, saying it has "real and significant ramifications."
Dorsey who said he personally had no pleasure in taking such massive action against Trump, said the decision was necessary having weighed its options based information it had.
He also acknowledged that the action taken by the platform which was intended to address serious concerns with relation to the Capitol violence on January 6th, ended up polarizing the country, and fragmenting public conversation. This according to him, has set a 'dangerous' precedent.
I do not celebrate or feel pride in our having to ban @realDonaldTrump from Twitter, or how we got here. After a clear warning we’d 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?
— jack (@jack) January 14, 2021
He said, "I do not celebrate or feel pride in our having to ban @realDonaldTrump from Twitter, or how we got here. After a clear warning we’d 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?
"That said, having to ban an account has real and significant ramifications. While there are clear and obvious exceptions, I feel a ban is a failure of ours ultimately to promote healthy conversation. And a time for us to reflect on our operations and the environment around us.
"Having to take these actions fragment the public conversation. They divide us. They limit the potential for clarification, redemption, and learning. And sets a precedent I feel is dangerous: the power an individual or corporation has over a part of the global public conversation."
Meanwhile, the US House of Representatives has once again, voted to impeach Donald Trump, a week after protesters believed to be Trump's supporters, forced their way into the US Capitol and disrupted the certification of Joe Biden as winner of the November 3rd election.
The US Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell, has said the Senate will not convene for an emergency impeachment proceedings until the day before Biden's inauguration on January 20. Should McConnell stick by his words, it is unlikely that the Senate will convict Trump, a move that could see him blocked from holding such public office in the future.
In reaction to Trump's impeachment vote, Fox News host Sean Hannity, urged Republican senators to "stop enabling these psychotic, mentally unhinged Democratic socialists," and reject their impeachment "madness" when it reaches the Senate next week.
"Every Republican senator must stand against this post-presidency impeachment madness and reject it," the "Hannity" host told viewers Wednesday night.
"You shouldn't be a part of this circus."
"Senate Republicans, you want to go along with this nonsense, 75 million Americans went to the polls, [and] I’d argue they went there more for Donald Trump than for Republicans," the host said. "They should think about why people voted for Donald Trump, why they support his agenda.
"And Mitch McConnell, you should know better ..." he continued. "This nonsense in the Senate will get this country nowhere. It will not heal divisions, it will not improve the lives of Americans, it will only further divide a country that is weeks out from one of the hotly contested races in history."