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Why Twitter Hasn't Banned President Trump (theverge.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: Amid vocal calls for the company to act, Twitter today offered its first explanation for why it hasn't banned President Donald Trump -- without ever saying the man's name. "Elected world leaders play a critical role in that conversation because of their outsized impact on our society," the company said in a blog post. "Blocking a world leader from Twitter or removing their controversial Tweets, would hide important information people should be able to see and debate. It would also not silence that leader, but it would certainly hamper necessary discussion around their words and actions." In its blog post, Twitter reiterated its previous statement that all accounts still must follow the company's rules. The statement seemed to leave open the possibility that it might one day take action against Trump's account, or the accounts of other world leaders who might use the platform to incite violence or otherwise break its rules. "We review Tweets by leaders within the political context that defines them, and enforce our rules accordingly," it said. In response to the claims that Twitter doesn't ban President Trump because he draws attention -- and ad revenue -- to the company, Twitter said: "No one person's account drives Twitter's growth, or influences these decisions. We work hard to remain unbiased with the public interest in mind."
He literally threatened nuclear war via Twitter. And that is only the event that caused this response. So yes, he has done something worth banning.
In the sense that sabre-rattling is not a threat. The implicit message is 'we can nuke you more effectively than you can us' which is a warning at best.
Corruption is convincing someone that the selfless ideal is the same as their selfish ideal.
Links about Trump
Trump's lies:
In 298 days, President Trump has made 1,628 false and misleading claims (Nov. 13, 2017, Washington Post)
In a 30-minute interview, President Trump made 24 false or misleading claims. (Dec. 29, 2017, Washington Post)
President Trump's Lies, the Definitive List (Dec. 14, 2017, The New York Times)
10 Falsehoods From Trump's Interview With The Times (Dec. 29, 2017, New York Times)
Trump takes credit for zero aviation deaths worldwide. (Jan. 2, 2018, Trump's Twitter account)
Replies:
"I'm gonna take credit for puppies being cute..."
"Guess who's responsible for designing the cute kangaroo pouches that keep little Joeys safe? That right, it was Me. ME. ME!"
"That's a job well done, thank you, but don't forget I gave dolphins their blowholes! Without me, they would've drowned!"
Sexual abuse:
The 19 Women Who Accused President Trump of Sexual Misconduct (Dec. 7, 2017, The Atlantic.com)
Mental instability:
Incoherent, authoritarian, uninformed: Trump's New York Times interview is a scary read. (Dec. 30, CNBC) Quotes:
"President Donald Trump tells a string of falsehoods in his recent New York Times interview that make it difficult to tell whether he is lying or delusional."
"Trump appears to suffer from the Dunning-Kruger effect, which holds that the least competent people often believe they are the most competent."
"Trump's comments are, by turns, incoherent, incorrect, conspiratorial, delusional, self-aggrandizing, and underinformed."
Lawyers 'Telling Trump What He Wants To Hear' So He Won't Fire Mueller (Dec. 31, 2017, Huffingtonpost.com) Quote:
"The president of the United States, in their view, is out of control a good deal of the time..." People who work for Trump have to adjust to his instability.
8 of the Sleaziest Things Donald Trump Has Said (June 16, 2015, 2 1/2 years ago, RollingStone.com)
Choosing weak people to be leaders:
Trump's FCC Chairman pick Ajit Pai heralds a weaker, meeker Commission (Jan. 23, 2017, TechCrunch.com, almost one year ago)
Ajit Pai's FCC is still editing the net neutrality repeal order (Jan 2, 2018, ArsTechnica.com)
Trump picks ghost hunter to be federal judge (Nov. 15 2017, BBC News) Quote:
"The appointment of Brett Talley, 36, for a lifetime post as an Alabama federal judge is raising eyebrows because he has never tried a case."
Profiting personally:
Trump has now spen
We all know exactly what tweet I'm talking about. Let's not dance around it. It threatens nuclear war, regardless of whether you want to admit it or not. It's not functionally different than if you were tell someone to shut up, while aiming gun at their head. You didn't say you'd shoot them, but it's the expected result if you don't. Further more, Twitter's hateful conduct policy also covers his reference to the " depleted and food starved regime". While being technically accurate, it's explicitly used in a derogatory fashion to disparage the people of North Korea.
Huh? Retweeting derogatory content from a person convicted of hate crimes does not warrant banning? I also wonder which of the lies and misinformation from Trump amounts to "important information"? Especially because world leaders have an "outsized impact on our society" Twitter need to prevent that impact from doing harm. Seems like Twitter is bully, kick those out who cannot send in the lawyers and in case of Trump just fold like a cheap tent. No wonder Twitter is on the brink of financial collapse. If they run their business with the same lack of values then it is no wonder they burn through cash like nothing.
Sorry, there is no freedom from *consequences*. You can exercise your freedom of speech as much as you like, but if you start a nuclear war that's on you.
The first amendment isn't an effective ICBM countermeasure, and even though you have a constitutional right to say what you like people are still gonna blame you for the fallout.
If you really want to ditch that responsibility, maybe resign as POTUS.
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