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Twitter technically banned Trump for 2 tweets he made on Jan 8 that it says in context broke rules against glorifying violence
Deeper answer is a big mix of: fear for peaceful transition, employee pressure + incoming Biden administration with an appetite for regulating tech
Deeper answer is a big mix of: fear for peaceful transition, employee pressure + incoming Biden administration with an appetite for regulating tech
Twitter's journey to banning Trump looks more consistent than Facebook's own decision to suspend him (for now).
Trump + Twitter clashed all through 2020, starting in the spring. Trump did a whole (toothless) executive order just bc he was mad at Twitter https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/27/twitter-vs-trump-fact-checking-dorsey/
Trump + Twitter clashed all through 2020, starting in the spring. Trump did a whole (toothless) executive order just bc he was mad at Twitter https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/27/twitter-vs-trump-fact-checking-dorsey/
Trump's EO was literally just bc he was mad Twitter put a warning label on tweets spreading misinfo about vote-by-mail.
"Twitter seems never to have placed such a label on another politician’s tweet." All-time pettiest executive order? https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/28/trump-social-media-executive-order/
"Twitter seems never to have placed such a label on another politician’s tweet." All-time pettiest executive order? https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/28/trump-social-media-executive-order/
Anyway Facebook's recent Trump about-face feels more cynical + directly tied to its regulatory future to me
Twitter grew a spine *way* too late, but you could see it happening. Facebook picked theirs up at the mall 5 minutes before the 2020 election (when Trump looked
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Twitter grew a spine *way* too late, but you could see it happening. Facebook picked theirs up at the mall 5 minutes before the 2020 election (when Trump looked
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regulation in 2021 and beyond, existential threat of Section 230 changes, etc. are still a massive for all social platforms obviously. but i def thought Twitter might do this a few times since mid/late last year
Twitter's immediate stated reasoning for banning Trump when it did specifically is still kind of interesting since this process is usually opaque https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/08/why-twitter-banned-president-trump/
smarter thoughts later, see you on parler
