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https://nypost.com/2022/05/11/jack-dorsey-agrees-trump-should-not-have-been-banned-from-twitter/

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey has admitted that he should never have allowed then-President Donald Trump to be banned from his social media giant. The tech titan conceded Tuesday it was the wrong move after Elon Musk, Twitters presumptive new owner, said he would reinstate Trumps account and that Dorsey agreed that there shouldnt be permanent bans. I do agree, tweeted Dorsey, who was still at the helm when Trump was banned in January 2021 at the end of his presidency. He said there are exceptions, listing sexual exploitation of children, illegal behavior or network manipulation. But generally permanent bans are a failure of ours and dont work, he said.

Dorsey also said he agreed with another user who tweeted that its short-sighted for a handful of social media companies to act as gatekeepers to political discourse. It was a business decision, it shouldnt have been, Dorsey wrote of Trumps ban, saying he believes that permanent bans of individuals are directionally wrong. He also replied to another comment about Trumps ban that businesses should not be making these decisions. Im saying a corporation should not have to make this decision in the first place. [N]ot for something as important as public conversation, Dorsey wrote. His argument received widespread support, with many saying he should have realized the error while still at the head of the company. Dorsey quickly dismissed one critic of his new theory who asked why it was so wrong to ban someone from a social media platform when people are commonly banned from gathering places like a bar or a ballpark. Twitter isnt a bar, Dorsey noted bluntly.