Twitter says Trump not immune from getting kicked off

[DonViejo]

Source: Politico



By NANCY SCOLA and ASHLEY GOLD 09/04/2018 01:17 PM EDT Updated 09/04/2018 02:00 PM EDT

Twitter said Tuesday that not even President Donald Trump is immune from being kicked off the platform if his tweets cross a line with abusive behavior.

The social media company's rules against vitriolic tweets offer leeway for world leaders whose statements are newsworthy, but that "is not a blanket exception for the president or anyone else," Twitter legal and policy chief Vijaya Gadde told POLITICO in an interview alongside CEO Jack Dorsey.

Trump regularly uses Twitter to heap abuse on his perceived enemies and at times raise the specter of violence, such as when he tweeted last year that if North Korean leaders continued with their rhetoric at the time, "they won’t be around much longer!” Critics say the tweets violate Twitter’s terms of service and warrant punitive action.

Dorsey, who's due to testify before two congressional committees Wednesday about his company's content practices, said he receives notifications on his phone for Trump's Twitter account. But asked if he would weigh in personally to remove Trump from the platform, he declined to get into specifics.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/04/twitter-trump-kicked-off-766101

[The Liberal Lion]

1. "...if his tweets cross a line with abusive behavior", that's fucking rich!

That orange motherfucker is abusing a whole nation, nay, an entire planet with his tweets.
I don't blame twitter for waiting to keep up it's revenues. It's a business and businesses are for making money. I get that and I don't hate that. That orange traitor is good for their business, as their business model is to keep it's users online and participating as much as possible. trump keeps people online and participating, even if that participation is in detriment to our country. I don't have any hate for any of this. I don't like pretending at morality. And this is pretending. Mr. Dorsey should just go and shit in his hat, as his words amount to little more than that.

[C Moon]

2. :/ Starting when, Twitter, tomorrow?

[ButSeeYa]

3. "....*IF* his tweets cross a line with abusive behavior."

Aren't we well past that line??

[riversedge]

11. Seems twitter and I have different definitions of cyberbullying. I believe he cyberbullies

Hillary Clinton--and others.

[sandensea]

4. But please don't!

[Chemisse]

6. Indeed! We ALL know what Trump's every passing thought is via these tweets.

Know your enemy!

[sandensea]

9. +1

[Bernardo de La Paz]

5. Trump has been abusing the Constitution & Lady Liberty. Kick him off! . . . nt

[SkatmanRoth]

7. TRUMP CANNOT BE BANNED - (Go ahead Twitter, prove me wrong)

I dare Twitter to prove me wrong about banning Trump

I double-dog dare you!

[PSPS]

8. "offer leeway for world leaders" means anything goes as long as we can make money from it.

[FakeNoose]

10. Cheeto is a bully, and he's normalizing bullying behavior for all Americans

His behavior is sickening and enraging to most of us. It's abnormal and undignified for a US President to act this way.

If everyone on Twitter complained about Cheeto, I believe something could be done.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

12. Then a new Twitter account will pop up

#RealDonaldTrumpsky, yes true, pravda, not Russian troll or sock-puppet, real-deal eh. Spacibo.