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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

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. 

Shoshana Wodinsky
@swodinsky shoshana.wodinsky@adweek.com 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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