Delicate flower Lena Dunham must be beaming right now. It seems the cries of special snowflakes like her for safe spaces have resonated with Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey:
Twitter stands for freedom of expression, speaking truth to power, and empowering dialogue. That starts with safety. https://t.co/PbEoM1lCyb
— Jack (@jack) February 9, 2016
Safety first, you guys!
Announcing the Twitter Trust & Safety Council, experts providing input into safety products, policies, and programs: https://t.co/J6cAqtolZa
— Twitter (@twitter) February 9, 2016
More about this brilliant idea:
To ensure people can continue to express themselves freely and safely on Twitter, we must provide more tools and policies. With hundreds of millions of Tweets sent per day, the volume of content on Twitter is massive, which makes it extraordinarily complex to strike the right balance between fighting abuse and speaking truth to power. It requires a multi-layered approach where each of our 320 million users has a part to play, as do the community of experts working for safety and free expression.
That’s why we are announcing the formation of the Twitter Trust & Safety Council, a new and foundational part of our strategy to ensure that people feel safe expressing themselves on Twitter.
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We have more than 40 organizations and experts from 13 regions joining as inaugural members of the Council. We are thrilled to work with these organizations to ensure that we are enabling everyone, everywhere to express themselves with confidence on Twitter.
Isn’t this all so exciting?
Coming soon: the Twitter Junior Antisex League #WarIsPeace #FreedomIsSlavery #IgnoranceIsStrengthhttps://t.co/ZR7dca4j7b
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) February 9, 2016
Twitter’s known for instituting changes that the public wholeheartedly embraces. So it should come as no surprise that tweeters are greeting this news with unbridled enthusiasm:
Good Lord. https://t.co/OJgCwCfOAi
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) February 9, 2016
Mmm hmm… https://t.co/c2ztHbgtIp
— Jimmie (@jimmiebjr) February 9, 2016
Is Twitter the new "safe space?" Ever heard of the block button? Sigh. https://t.co/76k6XjXlgI
— C. Whalen Stephens (@CorieWStephens) February 9, 2016
GP Literally none of those things starts with safety. Just say "we're censoring bc liberals can't take free speech." https://t.co/z3BzrXh76P
— The Gormogons (@Gormogons) February 9, 2016
Hey, @jack and @policy , any word on how somebody is supposed to speak truth to power when said power can silence them?
— TrumpTheTastemaker69 (@PlatosStudent) February 9, 2016
Orwell was an amateur. https://t.co/KVeoNUskKq
— Jim Treacher (@jtLOL) February 9, 2016
https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/697124480590680064
Is your last name "Ass" or "Hole?" https://t.co/aIdALi2FpY
— T (@FirstTeamTommy) February 9, 2016
https://twitter.com/DieZauberer/status/697103765720141824
@jack @policy Safety? From what? Criticism?
freedom of speech? By closing the accounts of people disagreeing with feminists?— Layth_Soliman (@Kayl_dunnyan) February 9, 2016
https://twitter.com/Maxlewisuk/status/697104748957319169
Censorship only causes bad ideas to metastisize. Free speech exposes them to criticism. @jack
— Greg Camp (@GregCampNC) February 9, 2016
@magpiegirldid and he wonder why twitter is falling in the markets..god
— hansa333 (@mrreality333) February 9, 2016
@jack @policy pic.twitter.com/ESZm29gaJK
— Anne Wilson Smith (@EarlyGirlSC) February 9, 2016
@jack Actually, shouldn't your job be making sure that Twitter stands for returning value to shareholders?
— alexandriabrown (@alexthechick) February 9, 2016
@jack is twitter to become 1.a "safe space' from free expression, or r 2. protecting individuals from bullies? 'Cause it looks like 1
— Scott Link (@iamscottlink) February 9, 2016
@jack Who gets to decide what's "safe?" Who gets do decide who's feelings matter?
— Laura Miller (@SoulessGinger8) February 9, 2016
https://twitter.com/Ann_Tagonist_/status/697122211165962240
@jack In general, "speaking truth to power" does not "start with safety". The opposite, in fact. That's the point.
— Not Jack (@notcalledjack) February 9, 2016
@jack @policy this is precisely what someone who was trying to limit free speech would say.
— I'm a Fed (@Makdaddyjake) February 9, 2016
One must realize that "empowering dialogue" actually means "policing speech" https://t.co/XkKMPOOgPm
— Noah Pollak (@NoahPollak) February 9, 2016
@jack @policy Twitter stands for freedom of expression, as long as it's APPROVED expression, right?
— Tucker Jerbs (@Tucker_Jerbs) February 9, 2016
@jack @policy Freedom of expression has absolutely nothing to do with safety. Where on Earth did you get that asinine idea?
— Michael Lemond (@lemond2007) February 9, 2016
Twitter has fully embraced #SJW values now, for all to see. Free speech isn't a priority, neither is stopping trolling. Fun while it lasted.
— John Schindler (@20committee) February 9, 2016
@jack @policy nothing to do with "safety"
— synonymous_dreams (@synonymous_drea) February 9, 2016
@jack Who is the arbiter of what is empowering? You? Ironically, you have become the power that censors truths you don't like. #1A
— Brian Lunsford (@btrader) February 9, 2016
Hey @policy, @jack, and @support, I'm a grownup. I don't need a "council" to protect my feelings. Quit censoring Twitter. #riptwitter
— Allen Covert (@THATAllenCovert) February 9, 2016
"Words online are dangerous and unsafe.
"You know, like chainsaws and rabid dogs."#tcot #SocJus #RIPTwitter pic.twitter.com/xJgObiFC3Y
— Daddy Warpig (@Daddy_Warpig) February 9, 2016
@jack I'll say this straight out. You either have one wild agenda. Or you are one of the most inept clueless business men i have ever seen
— [Morbid Complex] (@GatorMusicInc) February 9, 2016
No. No, it doesn't. Like, at all. @jack @policy
— Sideshow Trump (@Thewbert3) February 9, 2016
@jack That you could say such a foolish and contradictory thing tells me "Trust & Safety Council" will try to enforce "correct" thinking…
— Lucky Eat-Anter (@LuckyEatAnter) February 9, 2016
@jack @policy no it doesn't, it's actually the complete opposite
— sentient (@constellate_) February 9, 2016
— Freddy Bin Yusuf (@F_Bin_Y) February 9, 2016
[Patrick] So … Twitter is appointing a council of grievance organizations to police users. Us.
Not a single free speecher in the bunch.
— Popehat (@Popehat) February 9, 2016
.@Popehat if only Twitter had some way to block, mute, or protect our tweets from people we don't want to interact with.
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) February 9, 2016
— Martin Devon (@MartinDevon) February 9, 2016
@jack @policy No it doesn't. Speaking truth to power is risky.You cannot have free speech and sanitary speech at the same time.
— Susan Haggard (@susanhaggard1) February 9, 2016
Fuck off. @jack
— ن Mikey Ramone ن (@ThePantau) February 9, 2016
People who claim a tweet caused them to “literally die” does not point to a legitimate safety issue. @jack @safety
— Charly J. (@chuck_dizzle) February 9, 2016
Bully proof windows, troll safe doors, nothing but kindness in here. https://t.co/QqMatlpBas
— Jim Swift (@JSwiftTWS) February 9, 2016
https://twitter.com/Smythereens/status/697104689825853440
.@jack @policy freedom of expression*
*subject to censoring if we don't like your expression or if governments pay enough to silence you.
— Casey Biemiller (@cbiemiller) February 9, 2016
.@jack So if I like change my picture to Beyonce will the Dangerous Speech Council approve of me then?
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) February 9, 2016
twitter can do what it likes. but let's not pretend it has anything to do with free expression.
— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) February 9, 2016
@jack @policy great just what we need. The marketplace of free ideas is dying on the vine. pic.twitter.com/nT7Z3vDzQ9
— Burdog (@burdog41) February 9, 2016
GP To be fair, Twitter has every right to police content on its site. And users have every right to walk away for a startup competitor.
— The Gormogons (@Gormogons) February 9, 2016
Twitter stand for Freedom Of Expression*
*Subject to arbitrary censorship by sjws.
— Dr Hugo Hackenbush (@MangyLover) February 9, 2016
Giving up Twitter for Lent & way things are going here, highly likely won't come back. Good timing, @jack
— Cuffy (@CuffyMeh) February 9, 2016
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