Twitter has flagged a tweet from United States President
Donald Trump which it said violated its rules about “glorifying violence”.
It hid the tweet from public view, saying it “may be in the
public’s interest for the Tweet to remain accessible”.
It also said in addition to the tweet’s connection to
violence, it fears it “could inspire similar actions”.
This Tweet violates our policies regarding the glorification of violence based on the historical context of the last line, its connection to violence, and the risk it could inspire similar actions today. https://t.co/sl4wupRfNH— Twitter Comms (@TwitterComms) May 29, 2020
He described some of the protesters as thugs and threatened
to send the military to quell the crisis.
“When the looting starts, the shooting starts,” he wrote.
The quote, “when the looting starts, the shooting starts” is
said to have originated from a white Miami police chief named Walter Headley
who targeted black people in 1967 ahead of the Republican convention.
This is the second time Twitter is flagging a tweet from the
US president for violating the rules of the social media platform.
The first had claims which some media outlets have
fact-checked and found to be false.
Amid the ensuing face-off, the US President signed an
executive order that would police social media platforms and regulate their
activities.
Addressing journalists at the oval office, Trump said his
administration would check powers of social media companies to censor opinions
and views of Americans.
He added that his action seeks to “defend free speech from
one of the gravest dangers it has faced in American history”.
“We are here today to defend free speech from one of the
greatest dangers,” he said.
“A small handful of social media monopolies controls a vast
portion of all public and private communications in the United States.
“They have had unchecked power to censor, restrict, edit,
shape, hide, alter, virtually any form of communication between private
citizens and large public audiences.”
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