Twitter Co-founder Jack Dorsey Backs Elon Musk On Reinstating Donald Trump benzinga.com

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Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, who was the CEO of the company when former President Donald Trump was permanently banned from the social media website, said it was a “business decision” that led to the expulsion of the latter.

What Happened: Dorsey said Tuesday that the ban on Trump was a business decision and “it shouldn’t have been.”

“We should always revisit our decisions and evolve as necessary. I stated in that thread and still believe that permanent bans of individuals are directionally wrong,” the former Twitter executive said on Twitter.

Dorsey’s comments were made in a Twitter thread involving Axios Business Editor Dan Primack. The journalist asked Jack if he agreed with Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk that there shouldn’t be permanent bans on individual Twitter users.

Dorsey tweeted that he agreed with Musk but cited some exceptions such as illegal behavior, spam or network manipulation. He said that permanent bans are a “failure of ours and don’t work.”

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