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brettdale

(12,384 posts) Thu Apr 12, 2018, 12:29 AM Apr 2018

One Trump troll down, many to go

I reported a trump supporter on twitter for writing abusive tweets aimed at Emma and David Hogg.

Got a update notification from twitter, informing me, the account I reported had violated twitter rules and
the account has been terminated!

One at a time!

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One Trump troll down, many to go (Original Post) brettdale Apr 2018 OP

Awesome.. HipChick Apr 2018 #1

Good news! Rhiannon12866 Apr 2018 #2

Haven't done it on Twitter as of yet but I have reported FB Lint Head Apr 2018 #3

Great news RandomAccess Apr 2018 #4

Go check the account. Ms. Toad Apr 2018 #5

Do alerts on Trumps attacks do any good? Generic Brad Apr 2018 #6

There's a built-in Trump exemption in Twitter's new abuse policy that will allow the president to Exotica Apr 2018 #7

HipChick

(25,485 posts)

1. Awesome..

Reply to brettdale (Original post)

Thu Apr 12, 2018, 12:30 AM

Apr 2018

Rhiannon12866

(206,187 posts)

2. Good news!

Reply to brettdale (Original post)

Thu Apr 12, 2018, 01:05 AM

Apr 2018

I generally don't run into them - I even have Trump himself blocked, see more than enough of him on the news - but I did report a similar one on behalf of a friend - and I heard back that I was the seventh one to report them.

Lint Head

(15,064 posts)

3. Haven't done it on Twitter as of yet but I have reported FB

Reply to brettdale (Original post)

Thu Apr 12, 2018, 02:03 AM

Apr 2018

pages and posts that were taken down. Good going brettdale!

RandomAccess

(5,210 posts)

4. Great news

Reply to brettdale (Original post)

Thu Apr 12, 2018, 05:52 PM

Apr 2018

IMO Twitter has been far less responsive in the past.

Ms. Toad

(34,110 posts)

5. Go check the account.

Reply to brettdale (Original post)

Thu Apr 12, 2018, 06:16 PM

Apr 2018

I betcha a dollar that not only is the account not terminated, but that the offensive tweets are still there.

Virtually all of mine come back with that report - and not a single one has even had the offensive tweets deleted.

Sorry to burst your bubble.

Generic Brad

(14,276 posts)

6. Do alerts on Trumps attacks do any good?

Reply to brettdale (Original post)

Thu Apr 12, 2018, 06:19 PM

Apr 2018

He is the ultimate troll.

Exotica

(1,461 posts)

7. There's a built-in Trump exemption in Twitter's new abuse policy that will allow the president to

Reply to Generic Brad (Reply #6)

Thu Apr 12, 2018, 06:25 PM

Apr 2018

keep tweeting.

http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-has-immunity-in-twitter-new-abuse-policy-2017-12

Twitter started enforcing new abuse policies Monday by suspending accounts that violate the terms.
The policies do not apply to government accounts.
That means even though Trump has technically violated Twitter's abuse policies in the past, he is exempt from the new rules.

Twitter began enforcing new rules to combat abuse on its platform Monday in a widespread attempt to fix the toxic atmosphere in some of the darker corners of the service.

One of the first casualties of the new policy was Britain First, an anti-Islam group.

If Britain First sounds familiar, that's because it's the same account President Donald Trump retweeted anti-Muslim videos from Britain First a few weeks ago.

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