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


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

  • Jack Dorsey said that “the focus on discovery and identity in business has really hurt the internet.”

  • The Twitter founder, who stepped down as CEO in November, said he blames himself in part.

  • Dorsey has previously supported efforts to decentralize the Internet.

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

Dorsey said in tweeter, referring to certain online communication systems dating back to the early days of the Internet. “The centralization of discovery and identity in enterprises has really hurt the Internet. »

“I realize that I am partly responsible, and I’m sorry about that,” Dorsey continued.

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

After Twitter banned former President Donald Trump from accessing the platform for breaking its rules, Dorsey He said He said the task force was “a precedent that I consider to be dangerous: the power that an individual or a company has over part 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 the power back in the hands of users and enabling the creation of many different social networks.

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