Twitter on Thursday announced plans to take a more critical look at its dark side and asked for outside help to develop ways that it can elevate the tone of online conversation. In a slew of tweets, Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey said the company is starting to look at the problems on its network differently. “We’ve focused most of our efforts on removing content against our terms, instead of building a systemic framework to help encourage more healthy debate, conversations and critical thinking,” Dorsey said. Instead, it signals that Twitter is willing to take a more critical and realistic look at its long-standing issues. We acknowledge that now, and are determined to find holistic and fair solutions.”Before it can improve its “conversational health,” the company is first asking for help getting a diagnosis.

Source: Washington Post March 01, 2018 19:01 UTC