Twitter has continued to restrict United President Donald Trump’s tweets, which it finds controversial and in violation of its policy.
The social media company again restricted one of Trump’s post that promised “serious force” against a potential Washington, DC equivalent to Seattle’s Capitol Hill Occupied Protest zone, The Verge reported.
Trump tweeted: “There will never be an “Autonomous Zone” in Washington, D.C., as long as I’m your President. If they try, they will be met with serious force!”
To which Twitter’s safety team wrote: “We’ve placed a public interest notice on this Tweet for violating our policy against abusive behaviour, specifically, the presence of a threat of harm against an identifiable group.”
The warning has been posted above the tweet and appears if users try to retweet it. Following Twitter’s usual policy for world leaders whose tweets serve a “public interest,” however, it won’t be deleted.
Earlier in May, Twitter censored one of Trump’s tweets that “glorifies violence”. President wrote: “when the looting starts, the shooting starts.”
The platform had also branded another tweet by the President as “potentially misleading” information about mail-in voting and a manipulated video purporting to be a CNN broadcast.
Twitter’s crackdown has irked Trump to the extent that he had decided to dilate the protection policy the social media giants enjoy and would give people the liberty to report against these platforms if they thought their right to speech was hampered.
Restricted tweets can’t be liked or replied to, although they can be retweeted with a comment.
Despite this, Trump’s substantial social media following almost guarantees any tweet will be widely seen on Twitter. So the decision is mainly symbolic, but it helps Twitter stake out a position of acknowledging and acting on Trump’s problematic social media posts — in contrast with,
However, Facebook chose to remain silent on the matter and kept a hands-off approach. But, it did remove a Trump ad for using Nazi imagery last week. A Facebook post with Trump’s “serious force” message has so far not been labelled or removed
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Twitter has continued to restrict United President Donald Trump’s tweets, which it finds controversial and in violation of its policy.
The social media company again restricted one of Trump’s post that promised “serious force” against a potential Washington, DC equivalent to Seattle’s Capitol Hill Occupied Protest zone, The Verge reported.
Trump tweeted: “There will never be an “Autonomous Zone” in Washington, D.C., as long as I’m your President. If they try, they will be met with serious force!”
To which Twitter’s safety team wrote: “We’ve placed a public interest notice on this Tweet for violating our policy against abusive behaviour, specifically, the presence of a threat of harm against an identifiable group.”
The warning has been posted above the tweet and appears if users try to retweet it. Following Twitter’s usual policy for world leaders whose tweets serve a “public interest,” however, it won’t be deleted.
Earlier in May, Twitter censored one of Trump’s tweets that “glorifies violence”. President wrote: “when the looting starts, the shooting starts.”
The platform had also branded another tweet by the President as “potentially misleading” information about mail-in voting and a manipulated video purporting to be a CNN broadcast.
Twitter’s crackdown has irked Trump to the extent that he had decided to dilate the protection policy the social media giants enjoy and would give people the liberty to report against these platforms if they thought their right to speech was hampered.
Restricted tweets can’t be liked or replied to, although they can be retweeted with a comment.
Despite this, Trump’s substantial social media following almost guarantees any tweet will be widely seen on Twitter. So the decision is mainly symbolic, but it helps Twitter stake out a position of acknowledging and acting on Trump’s problematic social media posts — in contrast with,
However, Facebook chose to remain silent on the matter and kept a hands-off approach. But, it did remove a Trump ad for using Nazi imagery last week. A Facebook post with Trump’s “serious force” message has so far not been labelled or removed
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The coronavirus crisis has changed the world completely in the last few months. All of us have been locked into our homes, economic activity has come to a near standstill. Everyone has been impacted.
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In these difficult times, we, at BusinessLine have been working continuously every day so that you are informed about all the developments – whether on the pandemic, on policy responses, or the impact on the world of business and finance. Our team has been working round the clock to keep track of developments so that you – the reader – gets accurate information and actionable insights so that you can protect your jobs, businesses, finances and investments.
We are trying our best to ensure the newspaper reaches your hands every day. We have also ensured that even if your paper is not delivered, you can access BusinessLine in the e-paper format – just as it appears in print. Our website and apps too, are updated every minute, so that you can access the information you want anywhere, anytime.
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I appeal to all or readers to help us navigate these challenging times and help sustain one of the truly independent and credible voices in the world of Indian journalism. Doing so is easy. You can help us enormously simply by subscribing to our digital or e-paper editions. We offer several affordable subscription plans for our website, which includes Portfolio, our investment advisory section that offers rich investment advice from our highly qualified, in-house Research Bureau, the only such team in the Indian newspaper industry.
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