December 24, 2024

Brighton Journal

Complete News World

Jack Dorsey, founder of Twitter, said he was “partly responsible” for centralizing the internet and that he regrets it

Jack Dorsey, founder of Twitter, said he was "partly responsible" for centralizing the internet and that he regrets it
Jack Dorsey, Twitter CEO and Co-Founder & Co-Founder  The CEO of Square attends the Bitcoin 2021 Convention at the Mana Convention Center in Miami, Florida, on June 4, 2021.

Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter and co-founder and CEO of Square, attends the Bitcoin 2021 Convention at the Mana Convention Center in Miami, Florida, on June 4, 2021.Marco Bello/AFP/Getty Images

  • Jack Dorsey said that “the focus of discovery and identity in companies has really hurt the Internet.”

  • The Twitter founder, who resigned as CEO in November, said he partially blamed himself.

  • Dorsey has previously supported efforts to decentralize the Internet.

Twitter founder Jack Dorsey said Saturday that he partly blames himself for the state of the internet today.

Dorsey said in tweet, referring to some online communication systems dating back to the early days of the Internet. “The centralization of discovery and identity in companies has really hurt the Internet.”

“I realize I’m partly to blame, and I’m sorry for that,” Dorsey continued.

Dorsey, who co-founded Twitter in 2006 and served as CEO before resignation In November, it previously supported the decentralization of the Internet.

After Twitter banned former President Donald Trump from accessing the platform for violating its rules, Dorsey He said He felt that the working group was “a precedent that I feel is dangerous: the power that an individual or a company has over a portion of the global public conversation.”

While Dorsey was still CEO, Twitter was funded the sky is blue, a decentralized social media system he said would allow for more conversations. The system, which will take years to develop, aims to Putting power back into the hands of users and allowing the creation of many different social networks.

Read the original article on interested in trade