Jack Dorsey

10 statements across 9 episodes · 2 bullish · 6 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Nov 4, 2020 by David Sacks · said 145 times in 47 episodes since 2020 · across every show →

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Everything said about Jack Dorsey, oldest first

Nov 4, 2020 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sacks: Twitter and Jack Dorsey will be political scapegoats post-election
“I think this time around it's going to be Twitter because they have been so arrogant and their assertion of their right to censor viewpoints they don't lock. And if the Republicans hold on to the Senate and or the presidency, I think you're going to see Jack D…”
David Sacks Nov 4, 2020 ▶ 1:28:12 E11: Election Night Special featuring Phil Hellmuth, Bill Gurley, Brad Gerstner & more!
Jan 11, 2021 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sacks: Foreign leaders will stop relying on Twitter after Trump ban
“You have the leaders of many countries across the world using Twitter as a as a channel. Do you think they are now going to want to rely on that given that Twitter can censor them at any time? They're going to hand that lever of national power To Jack Dorsey? …”
David Sacks Jan 11, 2021 ▶ 1:03:42 E17: Big Tech bans Trump, ramifications for the First Amendment & the open Internet
Jan 23, 2021 bearish
Opinion
Sacks: Deplatforming by Facebook and Twitter strips citizens of speech rights
“The town square is now owned by Facebook and Twitter. The town square got privatized and our speech rights are now in the hands of Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey as a practical matter. I mean, you do not have speech rights in the modern world if you get depla…”
David Sacks Jan 23, 2021 ▶ 29:25 E18: Inauguration talk, breaking down the $1.9T stimulus, the case for recalling Gavin Newsom & more
Dec 4, 2021 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sacks: Twitter censorship will worsen after Jack Dorsey leaves
“Things are only going to get worse once he's gone.”
David Sacks Dec 4, 2021 ▶ 1:09:38 E57: Understanding Omicron, tech stocks plummet, VC's great resignation, Jack Dorsey's departure
Dec 4, 2021 positive
Opinion
Friedberg: Tech founders Page, Brin, Zuckerberg, and Dorsey favor free speech
“All these guys, Larry, Larry and Sergei, Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey they are all fundamentally free speech people. They believe in the power of the open internet.”
David Friedberg Dec 4, 2021 ▶ 1:10:35 E57: Understanding Omicron, tech stocks plummet, VC's great resignation, Jack Dorsey's departure
Dec 17, 2021 negative
Assertion Supported
Sacks: Twitter failed to deliver Dorsey's promised algorithmic transparency to Congress
“I think we need some of the transparency that Jack Dorsey repeatedly promised at all the congressional hearings. Remember when he got hauled up there, he promised that they would give more transparency about the way that their algorithms worked. Where is that?…”
David Sacks Dec 17, 2021 ▶ 12:05 E59: Twitter's content warning algo, equity audits, politicians trading stocks, Fed's next move
Dec 23, 2021 positive
Opinion
Friedberg: Jack Dorsey believes blockchain is the future of the internet
“No, he wants to focus on blockchain. Clearly, he has religion on this, and he believes that it's the future of the internet, and he cares deeply about the democratization of access to finance, and I think it would be awesome to hear his views on this.”
David Friedberg Dec 23, 2021 ▶ 2:49 E60: The 2021 Bestie Awards PLUS Jack Dorsey starts the Web3 Wars
Apr 9, 2022 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Friedberg: Jack Dorsey was Twitter's largest single shareholder at 2.3%
“The largest single shareholder in Twitter to date has been Jack Dorsey at 2.3%.”
David Friedberg Apr 9, 2022 ▶ 47:57 E75: Fast shuts down, board culpability, Elon buys 9% of Twitter, deplatforming's evolution & more
Dec 10, 2022 negative
Assertion Supported
Sacks: Twitter Files prove executives lied about shadowbanning political viewpoints
“You had statement after statement by Twitter executives like Jack Dorsey, like Vijaya, Gadi, like, you know, Yoel and others saying we do not shadow ban. And then they also said, we certainly, this is their emphasis, do not shadow ban on the basis of political…”
David Sacks Dec 10, 2022 ▶ 7:15 E107: The Twitter Files Parts 1-2: shadow banning, story suppression, interference & more
Jul 18, 2026 neutral
Assertion Contradicted
Calacanis: Block contributing $17B equity to joint PayPal acquisition bid
“Block, formerly known as Square, is Jack Dorsey's payment company, one of the few entrepreneurs to ever create two decacorns in our industry, and they're contributing seventeen billion in equity in the combined offer.”
Jason Calacanis Jul 18, 2026 ▶ 21:04 Can the AI Industry Regulate Itself? Stripe Wants PayPal, China Catches Up, NY Bans Datacenters
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