"I do not celebrate, nor do I feel any pride after we banned Donald Trump," Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey begins a long Twitter thread, his first real statement after the decision to permanently shut down the president was made.
"Was this a correct decision," he continues rhetorically.
"I think this was the right decision for Twitter.
"Extraordinary circumstances forced us to focus on public safety."
"A dangerous precedent"
The Trump suspension has been criticized by a long line of world leaders.
"The regulation of the digital world cannot be handled by a digital oligarchy," said French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, a view shared by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who called the decision "problematic".
Dorsey does not respond to criticism directly, but has self-critical tones in the Twitter thread.
"I feel that a ban is a failure for us, a failure to encourage positive and rewarding conversation," he writes, adding that the decision "sets a dangerous precedent - the power a company has over the global public conversation."
Jack Dorsey also believes that the decision in the long run is "destructive to the noble purpose of the Internet", and concludes by writing that he believes global communication is the best way to achieve greater understanding between people.