Yesterday, former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey posted his first-ever article to e-newsletter platform Revue, which Twitter bought final January, through which he outlined his response to the latest ‘Twitter Information’ leaks, by way of which Elon has been working with chosen journalists to uncover previous moderation actions taken by Twitter, and the way they particularly relate to conservative customers.

Dorsey, in fastidiously worded phrases, supplied a protection of his former colleagues, amid questions over their exercise, whereas additionally, as soon as once more, pointing to a decentralized mannequin for social platform moderation, which he believes may very well be a greater method ahead to restrict bias, misinterpretation and hurt.

Which gained’t work, for plenty of causes. However Dorsey, as at all times, stays steadfastly optimistic, making use of philosophy over substance to hunt a brand new method ahead, in hopes of shedding the missteps of instances previous.

I’m undecided which half upset Elon probably the most. Possibly this line:

“The present assaults on my former colleagues may very well be harmful and doesn’t remedy something.”

Both method, one thing appears to have gotten his goat, as a result of at present, lower than 24 hours after Dorsey posted his article, Twitter has despatched an e mail to all Revue customers informing them that the platform is shutting down subsequent month.

As per Revue:

“From January 18, 2023, it can not be attainable to entry your Revue account. On that date, Revue will shut down and all knowledge shall be deleted. This has been a tough choice as a result of we all know Revue has a passionate consumer base, made up of individuals such as you.”

Once more, Twitter solely acquired Revue final yr, with a view to facilitating new types of income era for creators, as a part of its broader push to construct in additional monetization instruments. However clearly, it isn’t a part of Musk’s ‘Twitter 2.0’ plan – or possibly Elon didn’t know that Twitter-owned Revue until he noticed Jack’s submit yesterday.

I imply, that has occurred with different parts:

The opposite consideration is that that is only a coincidence, that Twitter was going to close down Revue anyway and Dorsey simply occurred to publish a submit the day earlier than that announcement.

However then once more, at present Twitter additionally shut down a Twitter profile that had been monitoring Musk’s non-public flights, which he swore he wouldn’t do, even utilizing it for instance of his dedication to free speech.

Plainly the definition of ‘free speech’, in Elon’s view, is variable, with reviews that Musk has additionally been pushing employees to prioritize the removing of rip-off tweets that bear his likeness, together with some options that he had instructed employees to take away movies of him being booed at a Dave Chapelle present earlier this week (this one appears to be a rumor, as the unique video continues to be up).

Musk himself has additionally commenced selling COVID conspiracy theories and sharing transphobic views. Each of which aren’t unlawful, which has been Musk’s said threshold for what shall be acceptable within the app. However a consumer with over 120 million followers posting COVID conspiracies would undoubtedly have come underneath scrutiny in instances previous.

But, on the identical time, Musk has dominated out reinstating the account of banned broadcaster Alex Jones on account of his private perspective on baby security.

In essence, what we’re seeing in ‘Twitter 2.0’ is that the platform is now being held to Elon Musk’s guidelines for ‘free speech’, and all that this entails. Which is seemingly extra versatile than the identical underneath earlier Twitter administration, however is far more aligned along with his private perspective than it’s the regulation or different established parameters.

Once more, when you needed a reminder of who’s in cost, Elon has made it clear, which might level to the longer term path of the app – and apparently, is precisely what Dorsey warns towards in his essay.

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