Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Explains Why They Haven’t Deleted Donald Trump’s Tweets About Joe Scarborough, Says They Are Part of “Conversations Around What’s Happening” - Deadline

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey suggested that Donald Trump’s conspiracy tweets about Joe Scarborough are better left to the public conversation, “especially with our global leaders,” apparently rejecting calls that the platform remove the president’s posts.

At Twitter’s annual meeting on Wednesday, Dorsey was asked by a shareholder whether the platform would remove the tweets.

After Trump had claimed that the 2001 death of Lori Klausutis, an ex-aide to Scarborough, was a cold case and that the Morning Joe co-host was implicated, Klausutis’ widower, Timothy Klausutis, sent a letter to Dorsey asking him to remove the president’s posts because of the pain it has caused the family.

“We feel terrible for what the family is going through as a result of these actions and these behaviors, and we’re doing everything that we can to make sure that we continue to incentivize healthy debate, healthy conversation on Twitter,” Dorsey said.

“We also believe it’s critical that people take to the legal system as well and the courts,” Dorsey said.

He said that since March 18, they have removed more than 2,600 tweets containing misleading or potentially harmful misinformation, and their automated system has challenged 4.3 million accounts

When you’re removed over 2600 tweets containing misleading in part, potentially harmful content or automated system so challenge 4.3 million accounts “targeting manipulative discussions around COVID-19.”