Posted on 10/15/2019 4:37:25 PM PDT by Faith Presses On
Twitter will restrict how users can interact with tweets from world leaders who violate its rules.
The social media company led by CEO Jack Dorsey said in a Tuesday blog post that it will not allow users to like, reply, share or retweet offending tweets, but it will let users quote-tweet them so they can still express their own opinions.
The San Francisco-based company has faced a backlash from critics over its hateful conduct and content moderation policies. Some organizations and users believe it should subject the tweets of leaders like President Trump to the same standards as everyone else on the platform.
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Twitter listed several areas that will result in enforcement action, even if the account involved is a public figure: promotion of terrorism; clear and direct threats of violence against an individual; posting private information; posting or sharing intimate photos or videos of someone that were produced or shared without consent; engaging in behaviors related to child sexual exploitation; and encouraging or promoting self-harm.
In cases involving a world leader, the company said that it will "err on the side of leaving the content up if there is a clear public interest in doing so."
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Election interference? Absolutely!
Screen shot.
All these rules are being made ad hoc for Trump.
I wonder which “world leader” they are aiming this at?
Rhetorical question.
What clowns & they are not funny. Break them up. They violate the First Amendment & antitrust laws.
This is election interference. “We won’t silence Trump, but we’ll throttle his supporter’s speech.”
Or break up Big Tech like they did the telecoms.
Breaking them up wouldn’t do anything other than cause them to be disorganized temporarily, the new social media companies would coordinate exactly the same way Facebook, Google, Twitter, and Apple already do.
It needs to be made explicit that this systemic deplatforming and censorship is illegal.
Break them up now!
How are these rules different?
Admission that Twitter wasn’t supposed to delete President Trump’s postings since they are “public record” and that violates retention rules?
The solution is obvious. It would also be a huge opportunity for some technology entrepreneur. Create a website that simply Harvest tweets from Trump and other world leaders, and creative space in which they can be liked and shared to other social media. Problem solved.
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