Twitter recently called other Donald Trump tweets misleading (File)
Washington:
Twitter on Tuesday hid a tweet from President Donald Trump in which it threatened to use “serious force” against protesters in the U.S. capital, claiming it was breaking the rules regarding abusive content.
This decision seems to be the first of Twitter against the president for an “abusive” tweet. In a growing dispute, the platform recently called other Trump tweets deceptive and a violation of its standards for promoting violence.
“There will never be an” autonomous zone “in Washington, DC, as long as I am your president. If they try, they will face serious force!” Trump tweeted.
The Twitter action forces users to click to read Trump’s tweet, with a tag on the message that he “violated Twitter’s rules on abusive behavior” but that he would remain accessible “in the interest of the public”.
Trump’s tweet made reference to the police-bustling neighborhood created by protesters in Seattle, Washington two weeks ago, which sparked outrage from the Conservatives.
The Twitter ruling intensified the battle between the White House and the social media companies that Trump accused of bias against the Conservatives, despite his many supporters.
The president has already signed a decree that could lead to greater government oversight of social media companies, despite doubts about its legal authority.
The Trump administration has also indicated that it wants to revise a law granting online services immunity from content posted by others, which could open the door to litigation.
Twitter said in a statement to AFP that it took action on Tuesday because the tweet violated its policy against abusive behavior with “a threat of harm against an identifiable group”.
Twitter policy regarding world leaders in most cases requires that violated messages be tagged – which limits its scope and prevents others from liking or retweeting it – but leaves tweets available as if they relate to “current issues of public importance”. “
Twitter’s new aggressive stance on the rules violation by the President contrasts with Facebook, which has maintained a policy largely without intervention despite pressure from activists to limit inflammatory content.
Facebook deleted a Trump ad last week that contained a symbol used in Nazi Germany for political prisoners, claiming it violated the platform’s policy against “organized hatred”.
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