A Twitter insider has reportedly released a clip in which CEO Jack Dorsey is heard addressing the ban of Trump’s account and saying that the crackdown on content inciting violence will get much bigger.
The leaked footage has been shared by Project Veritas after an alleged Twitter insider shared the CEO’s speech, which took place during an internal meeting, with the far-right group.
“You should always feel free to express yourself in whatever format manifestation feels right. We do intend to do the full retro as I said in my note, it is going to take some time,” the Twitter CEO told his employees in the leaked clip.
“And then the other thing, just to close out a little bit – we are focused on one account right now. But this is going to be much bigger than just one account.
“And it’s going to go on for much longer than just this day, this week. And the next few weeks and go on beyond the inauguration. We have to expect that, we have to be ready for that.”
Dorsey added: “So, the focus is certainly on this account and how it ties to real world violence. But also we need to think much longer term around how these dynamics play out over time.
“I don’t believe this is going away any time soon… And the moves that we’re making today around QAnon for instance, one such example of a much broader approach we should be looking at and going deeper on.”
Concluding his speech, the CEO acknowledged that the U.S. is “extremely divided” as he told the staff that it is their role “to protect the integrity of that conversation and do what we can to make sure that no one is being harmed based off that.”
After the leaked clip went viral, critics were quick to blast the tech giant CEO over his censorship plans. Twitter, however, responded by simply pointing out that the comments heard in the clip were a reflection of what Dorsey previously shared in a lengthy Twitter thread.
“The remarks shown in the video were delivered to our more than 5,400 employees and are nearly the same words Jack shared in a recent Tweet Thread offering context around and reflections on our work to protect the conversation in recent weeks,” a spokesperson insisted.
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