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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Hey Twitter, didn’t use you except for our President but see ya, enjoy your college kids who want everyone else to pay their bills!
I hope they do ban him, because I am only on Twitter for Trump and I want to leave.
Yes he needs to just say now that he’s moving to Parler. Twitter would fold like a house of cards
Funny thing is the media tried to smear Parlar this month with news of porn posts.
Parler needs to immediately user-proof their 2-step; and robust their interior / exterior search returns.
When does it become treason? Seems like well beyond that.
“No one in this world, so far as I know — and I have searched the records for years, and employed agents to help me — has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby.” [Sept. 19, 1926; Chicago Daily Tribune]
Why would anyone be on any of these follow me sites?
If there is a Biden presidency and President Trump announces an intent to run in the future, I’d suggest he’s still a world leader. Certainly more so than, say, Stacy Abrams who has only served in the state legislature.
These freakin people are unbelievable! Ef Twitter!
Twitter Confirms They Will Be Able To Ban Trump Starting January>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
It will be a first. They will be banning a cash cow that made them millions.
I’ll believe it when i see it.
On that day I will quit Twitter
I'll believe it when I see it:
Parler has a more restrictive code of conduct
I could care less about where it leans because the quality is crap. Every other site allows editing of comments, whereas Twitter doesn’t, just post it and delete it.
Yank CCP twitter’ed Jack around by his long beard.
I bet Dorsey goes full Toobin at the thought.
..........that’s one of my main News sources.....reading Trump’s tweets. Seriously and Rudy’s and other trusted associate’s tweets.
The foul digusting Twitter trolls are moving over to Parler already
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