The relationship between Twitter and US President Trump is crumbling. The short message service does not rule out blocking Trump's account.
Twitter: Blocking Trump's account not ruled out! – The most important thing at the beginning:
The decisive factor was a tweet by the US President, which was marked by Twitter as “glorifying violence”. If Trump posts further inflammatory tweets, his account could be blocked.
Trump in a dispute with Twitter
US President Donald Trump tweets enthusiastically. He has more than 81 million followers on the platform.
Last week, Twitter marked a post by the US president as “glorifying violence” . The tweet was about the anti-racism protests in the USA.
Trump recently signed a controversial executive order to increase regulation of social media platforms. And now it could be that this very decision catches up with him.
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Statement from Twitter
Nick Pickles, Twitter's chief strategy officer, explained:
“Every Twitter account is bound by the Twitter Rules.”
He went on to say that posts from the US President would be reviewed in the same way as those of all other users. If users complain about a post, they are checked for compliance with the guidelines.
If further incendiary posts by the US President appear, Twitter does not rule out blocking his account.
Snapchat follows
After Twitter, Snapchat is now also following “censorship”.
Donald Trump's Snapchat account will be excluded from the Discover section. This section features contributions from celebrities and the media. The reason for this decision is also Trump's behavior during the protests in the USA.
A spokeswoman for the parent company Snap makes a clear statement:
“We will not be an amplifier for voices that incite racial violence and injustice by giving them free advertising on Discover.”
Snap CEO Evan Spiegel had already taken a clear position. He wrote a memo to his staff entitled “We stand together” in which he says:
“We will make clear with our actions that there is no gray area when it comes to racism, violence and injustice – and we will promote them, nor those who support them, on our platform.”
Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale called Evan Spiegel “radical” and accused Snapchat of rigging the election.
Source: Die Presse / Meedia
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