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Twitter Will Fund the Development of a Decentralized Social Media Standard

CEO Jack Dorsey reveals plans for an independent project called Bluesky

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The standard "won't be developed overnight," per Dorsey's tweets. Getty Images
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By Shoshana Wodinsky

December 11, 2019

Twitter will be funding the development of “an open and decentralized standard” for how social platforms operate, according to the company’s CEO. 

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Shoshana Wodinsky

Shoshana Wodinsky is Adweek's platforms reporter, where she covers the financial and societal impacts of major social networks. She was previously a tech reporter for The Verge and NBC News.

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