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India threatened to shut down Twitter, says ex-CEO Jack Dorsey; govt says ‘outright lie’
Twitter’s co-founder and former boss Jack Dorsey has reiterated that the platform received “many requests” from the Indian government to block accounts covering farmers’ protests and those critical of the government. He has also said that the platform was threatened with “a shut down” and conducting raids at its employees’ homes in the country. Minister …
Live updates: Zuckerberg, Dorsey, Pichai address online extremism and misinformation before House committee
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey will emphasize the company’s newest initiatives for battling misinformation and the need to build trust with users during his testimony before Congress. It’s the executive’s fifth time testifying, including his November appearance in the wake of the 2020 election. That time, Dorsey eventually got around to defending the company’s efficacy in …
Jack Dorsey: Barring Trump from Twitter sets a ‘dangerous’ precedent
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said in a series of tweets on Wednesday that permanently suspending President Donald Trump from the platform “sets a precedent I feel is dangerous: the power an individual or corporation has over a part of the global public conversation.” Dorsey called the ban “a failure of ours ultimately to promote healthy …
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey says blocking New York Post story was ‘wrong’
Jack Dorsey, CEO of Square Inc., holds an Apple Inc. iPhone while standing outside of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015. Yana Paskova | Bloomberg | Getty Images Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Friday reiterated his apology for how the company handled an unverified New York …
Twitter Reaches Deal With Activist Fund That Wanted Jack Dorsey Out
Mr. Dorsey spoke about the company’s slow growth during a Morgan Stanley conference on Friday. “Five years ago, we had to do a really hard reset of this company, and that takes some time to actually build from,” he said. The company has also undergone frequent executive turnover. In 2018, Twitter’s chief operating officer, Anthony …
Twitter strikes deal with Elliott and Silver Lake, Dorsey remains CEO
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey addresses students during a town hall at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in New Delhi, India, November 12, 2018. Anushree Fadnavis | Reuters Twitter has reached a deal with investment firms Elliott Management and Silver Lake, the company announced Monday. The deal comes after Elliott’s attempt to oust Jack Dorsey …
Twitter’s Dorsey calls out Facebook CEO Zuckerberg on political ads
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Square co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey. Getty Images | CNBC It’s hard to think of a better way for Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to poke Mark Zuckerberg in the eye than announcing a rebuttal to his controversial stance on political advertising just minutes ahead of Facebook’s earnings call. …
