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2021-01-14 00:57:20

Twitter's Dorsey's Trump ban explanation morphs into plug for bitcoin

"I do not celebrate or feel pride in our having to ban@realDonaldTrump from Twitter (TWTR), or how we got here," says @jack, leading off a tweetstorm about the controversial move. "I believe this was the right decision for Twitter. We faced an extraordinary and untenable circumstance, forcing us to focus all of our actions on public safety."The Twitter boss carries on for a few more tweets, including giving his thoughts on the far more worrisome moves by Apple, Google, and Amazon to simply disappear an app/website that made some uncomfortable. "Over the long term it will be destructive to the noble purpose and ideals of the open internet," says Dorsey.The thread then veers off. Dorsey: "The reason I have so much passion for bitcoin (BTC-USD) is largely because of the model it demonstrates: a foundational internet technology that is not controlled or influenced by any single individual or entity."That leads

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