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Twitter Confirms They Will Be Able To Ban Trump Starting January
Daily Caller ^ | 12/15/20 | Andrew Jose

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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KEYWORDS: ban; censorship; deplatformtwitter; dumptrump; internet; january; officialitsacult; potus; presidenttrump; realitysettingin; rinossettingin; traitorssettingin; trollssettingin; trumpfirst; trumptwitter; twitter
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To: The Antiyuppie

I call it “Twatter.”

It just seems more apropos.


81 posted on 12/15/2020 6:36:37 PM PST by SpinyNorman (Microagressions are most strongly perceived by macro-pussies.)
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To: frogjerk

I’m on Parler, that’s how I know it sucks. Been on it quite a while.


82 posted on 12/15/2020 6:38:04 PM PST by jacknhoo ( Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation. )
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To: OttawaFreeper

He should make sure Twitter loses. Whether he joins a service or starts one, those with Twitter handles should NOT be able to follow his account those who are found with Twit names but run a workaround, their IP addresses should be blacklisted.


83 posted on 12/15/2020 6:38:36 PM PST by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves)
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To: Enlightened1

I DEBUNK twitter - their “fact checks” are a denial of reality.


84 posted on 12/15/2020 6:39:37 PM PST by greeneyes ( Moderation In Pursuit of Justice is NO Virtue--LET FREEDOM RING)
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To: shaven_llama; Fred Nerks

Nobody cares Twitter!>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

The thing is that Presient Trump can start hs own social platform site.

He can call it “Sbicker.”

Senvety-four million subscribers within 3 days is no laughing matter.

Twitter cannot create deplorables, although they assume so. We were here before Twitter.

And we will not be censored ever again.


85 posted on 12/15/2020 6:42:28 PM PST by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism:http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html) )
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To: Enlightened1
They are now calling President Trump a "conspiracy theorist".

The irony is, most of those so called, "Conspiracy theories" turned out to be not only true, but much worse.

86 posted on 12/15/2020 6:42:30 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Enlightened1
Having nearly 88.6 million followers, Trump ranks among Twitter’s top accounts...

And Uncle Joe has HOW MANY?

87 posted on 12/15/2020 6:43:35 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: jacknhoo

I’m over at Parler. But it does not appear to be that user friendly to me. Trump should start his own social media. Call it Trump Space.

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I’m at Parler, but it’s a confusing hot mess of poor usability and design. And the license verification is creepily like what the Chinese Communists would do. And Parler violations are equally as creepy - just as Twitter and Facebook are.


88 posted on 12/15/2020 6:43:44 PM PST by Starcitizen (Thank you to the Senate for passing S.386, turning the US into the third-world shithole of India. )
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To: Enlightened1

Why can’t we sue Twitter? I mean they are going to claim section 230. But we should still be able to sue and they have to prove they aren’t a publisher/editor. I think at this point we can prove they are an editor/publisher. So now we can sue for slander.

It’s not like section 230 says facebook and twitter are covered, no more than NY Times or Foxnews.com is covered. If they become publishers they can be sued. We just need someone with money or a lawyer willing to take the case to do this.


89 posted on 12/15/2020 6:47:12 PM PST by for-q-clinton
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To: frogjerk

Move to Parler.

Make Parler Great!

I have trouble motor boating around on Parler!! DO YOU HAVE TO PAY TO GET IT TO WORK?


90 posted on 12/15/2020 6:51:53 PM PST by tallyhoe
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To: Enlightened1

Hmmmm. Time to break Section 230 through litigation?


91 posted on 12/15/2020 6:51:57 PM PST by jimfree (My 20 y/o granddaughter continues to have more quiality exec experience than an 8 year Obama.)
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To: Aria

He is a politician. Cruz has similar personality in my opinion. Smart, charming (maybe a little too charming), but politicians just the same.


92 posted on 12/15/2020 7:01:04 PM PST by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Enlightened1

Twitter will not be around in January


93 posted on 12/15/2020 7:42:48 PM PST by The MAGA-Deplorian (It is the Trump way! It is the only way!)
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To: tophat9000

It’s been done:

https://trumpet.today

Found from Dr. Corsi.


94 posted on 12/15/2020 7:47:28 PM PST by bobcat62
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To: libh8er

Today Sen Graham said he has introduced a bill in the Senate to remove Section 230

The date the bill has for its removal?

Wait for it.....

...

Jan 1, 2023!

Good job Linsee.


95 posted on 12/15/2020 8:02:09 PM PST by Syncro (Facts is Facts)
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To: Enlightened1

I wonder what kind of sweetheart deal Twitter has with Comrade Obama and his pet Moose, Mooschelle?

The same for AlGoreRythym and his Climate Change conspiracies?

And if Hitlery is on Twitter, what about her open lying about Uraniumgate/UraniumOne treason, the Clinton Criminal Foundations and their under the table illegal access payoffs, bribes and “contributions”?

I don’t know if Joe Biden knows what Twitter is other than what a bird does. I’m sure his Doctor of Ornithology Jill will fill him in on that one. In other words, both of them are for the birds and resulting birdcrap.


96 posted on 12/15/2020 8:11:44 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: Ikeon

Twitter makes no money he can just go over to other platforms and tell Dorsey to go spit in the wind


97 posted on 12/15/2020 8:18:38 PM PST by Lod881019
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To: HighSierra5

Dunno

Whats Shitter?


98 posted on 12/15/2020 8:26:14 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Enlightened1

He’ll
come out on the emergency broadcast system


99 posted on 12/15/2020 9:02:23 PM PST by nikos1121
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To: Enlightened1

A 70,000,000 user switch is going to hurt them ! Bad.


100 posted on 12/15/2020 9:15:56 PM PST by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap)
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