Twiter Inc. is working to clean up its sometimes toxic atmosphere, Chief Executive Jack Dorsey said Sunday, although he did not commit to a timetable or specific policy changes.
Speaking to CNN’s Brian Stelter in an interview that aired Sunday, Dorsey said Twitter TWTR, -0.30% does not ban users for their political viewpoints, only for violations of the service’s rules — and it relies on its users to report those violations.
“We have not figured this out, but I do think it would be dangerous for a company like ours … to be arbiters of truth.” Jack Dorsey, Twitter CEO“We need to constantly show that we are not adding our own bias, which I fully admit is … more left-leaning,” Dorsey said. “But the real question behind the question is, are we doing something according to political ideology or viewpoints? And we are not. Period.”
Twitter came under fire recently for not suspending the account of right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, even though companies such as Apple Inc. AAPL, +2.00% , Facebook Inc. FB, -0.52% and Alphabet Inc.’s GOOGL, -0.67% YouTube did block content from Jones and his website, Infowars, citing violations of their terms of service against hate speech, harassment and violent content.
Last week, Twitter blocked Jones from tweeting for seven days, and on Saturday, President Donald Trump slammed social networks for “totally discriminating” against conservatives.
.@brianstelter: "What is broken about Twitter today?"
Twitter CEO @Jack Dorsey: "I think it really depends on who you follow" https://t.co/TFN3UDdn24 pic.twitter.com/LmAE5IYQ4G
— Reliable Sources (@ReliableSources) August 19, 2018
