Curbing politics on Twitter would stoke fears of abuse, Dorsey says


While lamenting abusive conduct on Twitter Inc, chief executive officer Jack Dorsey said any move to block content based on political or social views would stoke already rising concern about the power of social-media companies. 

“We can’t just keep changing randomly based on our viewpoints,” Dorsey said in an interview that aired Sunday on CNN television’s Reliable Sources. “That just adds to the fear of companies like ours making these judgments.” 

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