World

Twitter Refuses To Rule Out US President Donald Trump’s Account

Twitter will not refuse to rule out suspending US President Donald Trump’s account if he continues posting incendiary messages such as those about the George Floyd protests, a top Twitter executive was quoted as saying by AFP.

Trump has been scrupulously avoiding media questions, choosing to post his messages on Twitter instead. His 81.7 million followers have made the @realDonaldTrump account one of Twitter’s 10 most popular.

However, there has been a bitter war between the two ever since Twitter decided to do a fact check on two of his Tweets about postal ballots last month.

On Friday, Twitter covered up a message from Trump warning protesters outraged by unarmed black man Floyd’s death at police hands that “when the looting starts, the shooting starts”.

A message above that Tweet warned that it “violated Twitter rules about glorifying violence”. Viewers had to click on the message to see Trump’s original posting.

Twitter Public Policy Strategy Director Nick Pickles told a UK parliamentary hearing on Thursday that the platform had decided to put Trump’s Tweets to the same review process as it does for all other verified public figures, said the AFP report.

“Every Twitter account is subject to the Twitter rules,” he said both times.

Twitter’s decision to fact-check and hide Trump’s posting has put pressure on Facebook and other social media platforms to follow suit.

Meanwhile, Snapcat on Wednesday accused Trump of inciting “racial violence” and warned that it would not promote that type of content.

OB Bureau

Recent Posts

Youth Beaten To Death On Suspicion Of Theft At Shop In Odisha’s Balasore

Balasore: A young man was allegedly beaten to death on the suspicion of having committed…

40 minutes ago

When A ‘Powerful Man’s Wife’ Broke Into Varun Dhawan’s House To Elope With Actor!

Mumbai: Bollywood celebrities have often had funny, at times bizarre experiences, mostly involving hero-worshipping, demanding fans.…

13 hours ago

Jatra Party Owner Arrested For Duping Actress Of Over Rs 8 Lakh In Bhubanewar

Bhubaneswar: Police have arrested the owner of a Jatra (theatre) group for allegedly duping an…

14 hours ago

How Punjab Farmers Have Paved The Way For Revival Of Organic Desi Cotton

Sanskriti Talwar Faridkot (Punjab): For the third consecutive year, Balwinder Singh of Mallan village in…

14 hours ago

Rain May Play Spoilsport During Christmas & New Year Celebrations In Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Rain may play spoilsport in Christmas and New Year celebrations in Odisha as the…

15 hours ago

Now, Amazon Prime Cracks Down On Password Sharing; Check Out Details Here

New Delhi: Netflix showed the way, Amazon Prime Video is following in their footsteps. Come…

15 hours ago

This website uses cookies.