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Interviewed via Twitter by Kara Swisher, co-founder of the tech
news site Recode, Dorsey tweeted that he would give himself a
'C' grade for what Swisher termed "tech responsibility."
"We've made progress, but it has been scattered and not felt
enough," he tweeted in response to Swisher's questions.
"Changing the experience hasn't been meaningful enough. And
we've put most of the burden on the victims of abuse (that's a
huge fail)."
Twitter, along with online social media network Facebook Inc,
has faced criticism for abusive posts, fake users and inaccurate
news stories on its service. The company has been investing
heavily to improve what Dorsey has described as the "collective
health" of Twitter.
Dorsey said on Tuesday he does not like how Twitter tends to
incentivize outrage, short-term thinking, echo chambers, and
fragmented conversations, and that the lack of diversity in the
company has not helped in combating such problems.
He said Twitter's work against "automations and coordinated
campaigns," along with its collaboration with various government
agencies, has left it in a better position to combat the threat
of misinformation for the 2020 U.S. presidential elections.
U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that Russia used
social media during the 2016 U.S. elections to sway voters.
Moscow denies that charge.
(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Bill
Rigby)
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