'He Is Not Going To Like This': Twitter Will Downgrade Trump Tweets That Break Site's Rules

[CatWoman]

Twitter will add a disclaimer to tweets from Donald Trump and other politicians that break the social media platforms rules, under a new policy change that appears to be aimed at the president’s most inflammatory tweets.

The change, which will mean that fewer Twitter users see Trump tweets that break the rules, is likely to set off new complaints from the president alleging that Twitter is biased against him.

While the new policy announced on Thursday doesn’t mention Trump, it applies specifically to politicians or government officials who are verified on Twitter and have more than 100,000 followers — a category that includes Trump.

Instead of deleting tweets from Trump and other world leaders when they break the rules, Twitter will now add a disclaimer saying that the tweet qualified as “abusive behavior” but will remain up in the public interest. Users will have to click through the notice before they can view the tweet.

“The Twitter rules about abusive behavior apply to this Tweet,” the disclaimer posted to the tweets will read. “However, Twitter has determined that it may be in the public’s interest for the Tweet to remain available.”

https://news.yahoo.com/not-going-twitter-downgrade-trump-172738305.html?ncid=facebook_yahoonewsf_akfmevaatca

[RockRaven]

1. He is still getting away with putting up tweets that violate their TOS and not facing

the consequence that other people would face for posting the same thing. Double standards for the powerful, as usual. F--k Twitter.

[Susan Calvin]

9. This. nt

[Blecht]

14. +googolplexian

But I don't censor my thoughts on the orange baboon or those who enable him.

FUCK TWITTER!

[ProudLib72]

2. Can we make this retroactive for all of his obnoxious tweets?

Oh Twitter, thou art still a cesspool of uncommon stench!

[kimbutgar]

3. Just friggin ban him twitter

Make him face the press like any other President in our history.

That’s why I hate twitter the most.

[Mr Jimmy]

4. @jack knows that if trump is banned

Twitter become another MySpace or Napster.

@jack don't really care, he's got his, but the investors control the sewer now.

[Susan Calvin]

8. This. nt

[Cha]

5. Wow!

[ooky]

6. How is it in the public interest to have "abusive behavior".

Nothing makes any sense anymore. At some point we all entered bizarro world and are now trapped there.

[intheflow]

13. His tweets are considered part of his historical legacy.

i.e., future historians will have access to every despicable, heartless, unhinged, and gibberish tweet, just as they've had access to earlier president's letters and papers.

[Susan Calvin]

7. He breaks the rules, kick him off.

But I guess I will take what I can get.

[Ms. Toad]

10. Finally.

I've alerted on so many Trump tweets. I know I'm just shouting in the wind, but at least they will start being flagged as abusive.

[Volaris]

11. Let him bitch. 'official communication' or not, the motherfucker checked the box

For the end user licence agreement and so HE HAS NO FREE SPEECH RIGHTS INSIDE THAT PRIVATELY-OWNED SPACE, just like any of the rest of us.

Him and his idjit followers can complain all they want against how they're being descriminated against for being conservative...they're flat WRONG and Twitter can ban them for using a font Twitter doesn't like ifTwitter damn well pleases, and if they want to not be, they can go stand on a street corner with signs till the cows come home...IN PUBLIC.

[area51]

12. They could always ban Trump's personal account,

as he can just tweet under the potus account. But they don't have the balls to suspend his account.