Posted on 12/15/2020 4:43:57 PM PST by Enlightened1
President Trump will lose his current world-leader-status exemptions from Twitter’s policies after Joe Biden’s inauguration on Jan. 20, exposing him to stricter moderation.
Twitter has confirmed that Trump’s personal account could face restrictions or even a ban if he continues proliferating what the platform considers “conspiracy theories” after becoming a private citizen, The Independent reported. (RELATED: Benjamin Netanyahu Removes Trump From His Twitter Profile Picture)
Twitter applies unique policies to world leaders and various public officials of major importance, leaving rule-infringing content unremoved if the public has a “clear” interest in being able to access such content, according to The Verge.
After noon, January 20, however, Trump will be ineligible for this protection and will have to follow the same guidelines as regular citizens, a Twitter spokesperson told Forbes on Thursday.
The spokesperson—speaking to Forbes on the condition of anonymity—stated that Twitter doesn’t have “special rules” for Trump, and refused to discuss or confirm any internal deliberations about the aftermath of banning Trump after he leaves the White House.
Having nearly 88.6 million followers, Trump ranks among Twitter’s top accounts, just under ex-president Obama, who boasts 125 million followers, the Independent reports.
Taking a jab at the outgoing president’s frequent use of the social media platform, incoming President-Elect Biden has previously written that when he becomes president, people will not have to be concerned about his tweets.
Censoring Trump after the coming inauguration would not be Twitter’s first act in content-restriction. In October, a month before the election, Twitter blocked the New York Post’s account after they refused to delete a tweet linking to a controversial story about Hunter Biden, Fox News reported.
Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz was among a group of GOP leaders who described the censorship as ‘election interference,’ according to New York Times.
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What does any classic liberal use twitter again?
JoMa
Why do people who support PDJT still use Twitter??????
Would be good if he started sharing some of that info.
Exactly!!!!!
Trump might be able to ban Twitter, starting in January. You never know...
Parler.com is much better for freedom of speech. NO communist censorship.
No more Mr. Nice Guy... Oh wait
Hopefully POTUS will enact the EO and seize the assets of twatter.
They won’t dare ban Trump. At the end of the day, it’s about traffic and Trump drives it. Nobody is going to engage with Joe Biden.
Just want to add, the only reason I go to twitter now is to look at President Trump’s tweets. I wonder how many people are like me. Their traffic will die, but I am sure China will prompt them up. (Notice I said China not Biden!!!!)
I’d love to see a mass exodus from twitter, should they block Trump. I dont use it, only click on some links people post here to twitter.
I AM SPARTICUS!
See my tagline
great minds n all
> They are now calling President Trump a “conspiracy theorist”. <
That’s the new normal. Say anything non-PC, and you will be labeled a racist, or a hater, or a conspiracy theorist.
And it’s not just on social media. Be careful what you say around the water cooler, too.
It’s kind of like living in Brezhnev’s Russia. Straying from the party line won’t get you killed. But it will ruin your career.
I AM TRUMP!!!
maybe he stays because it helps him expose/show the bias and hypocracy of twitter and some of it’s users? Trump has never been one to run from some thing many people (FRs included) wouldn’t subject themselves to, That’s what makes him the fighter he is. Most people don’t have that in them, they cut and run instead of stand firm and make real, needed change happen. Cut and runners is partly why we have the govt mess we do.
All your Twitters are belong to us!!!
>>Twitter is for twits
And web pornstars
Twitter is a fetid cesspool.
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