*Once again Twitter has rebuked Donald Trump and red-flagged a tweet of his tweet for the second time in four days.
The social media platform has covered the president’s message about the Minneapolis riots with a comment that it “glorifies violence.”
Let that sink in.
The action was taken due to Trump’s tweet with the statement, “when the looting starts, the shooting starts.” It is now hidden by a warning that it violated Twitter’s rules, but the message can be bypassed and the tweet remains live.
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….These THUGS are dishonoring the memory of George Floyd, and I won’t let that happen. Just spoke to Governor Tim Walz and told him that the Military is with him all the way. Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts. Thank you!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 29, 2020
Trump utilized Twitter to comment on the riots which erupted for a third night following the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who had died after a police officer knelt on his head for an astounding eight minutes.
Trump’s early-morning tweet called the looters as “thugs” and warned that the federal government would “assume control” with “shooting” if necessary after protesters set fire to a police precinct.
However, three hours later Twitter added the warning to the tweet, saying it had “taken action in the interest of preventing others from being inspired to commit violent acts.”
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey was informed in advance about the move, which is the latest escalation in Trump’s feud with the website after it issued a fact-check warning against him on Tuesday and the president issued an executive order yesterday which seeks to strip social media giants of their legal protections.
The bottom line is that the tweet can no longer be liked or replied to and will not be recommended by Twitter’s algorithm, although retweets with comments are still possible – with Trump’s message initially hidden. Hmm, you know the orange man is n to happy with this situation.
Predictably, Trump responded by accusing Twitter of bias against him and his (Republican) party, and renewing his vow to regulate the site – after claiming yesterday that he would shut it down if he could.
“Twitter is doing nothing about all of the lies and propaganda being put out by China or the Radical Left Democrat Party. They have targeted Republicans, Conservatives & the President of the United States,” Trump said.
Twitter first moved to add a fact-checking label on two of Trump’s tweets on Tuesday which claimed that mail-in voting in the 2020 election would be “substantially fraudulent.”
Today’s red-flag escalates the tension between Twitter and Trump because it’s a more severe measure because it actually hides the content of the tweet.
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