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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsQuestion for DUers on Twitter
Not on twitter and have no interest in joining but have the following question for those that are:
Do Trump's twitter attacks on Secretary Clinton, who is a private person not running for office, constitute an advocacy of violence against her and/or using twitter to stalk a person that is a violation of the terms of service?
I know it is a stretch but nothing would wound the psychic of this monster more than having to defend his tweets and explaining it is all a funny joke, and so on.
It seems to me that the most valuable offensive that DU could initiate is a campaign to have Trump removed from twitter for a TOS violation. Of course twitter will never do it because he has increased their traffic substantially but if Trump has to take to Twitter to defend himself it would catch his attention more than another missile from North Korea.
We need to keep on the offensive with this POS.
MrsCoffee
(5,803 posts)I doubt Twitter would do anything anyway.
You can report a user and flag 5 posts of theirs and then Twitter reviews. But he is their bread and butter.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)My point is not that twitter would remove him but that there would be a significant enough push that he would have to defend his tweets.
SHRED
(28,136 posts)https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-17/what-is-trump-worth-to-twitter-one-analyst-estimates-2-billion
They will keep him.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)" Of course twitter will never do it because he has increased their traffic substantially "
The issue is why not organize a significant enough response that he would have to defend himself.
Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)I am assuming it has to be a "direct threat."
Ted Nugent had a "cartoon" on his Facebook page a while back of Hillary being shot. It was reported. Nothing happened.
I have a client who fired an employee, and they wrote a review so graphic and vulgar that I couldn't even paraphrase it here. I contacted Facebook at least six times, clearly pointed out that it was a violation of their TOS, and didn't get a single reply. Ended up turning off reviews on their page, and that's what finally made it go away.
Whether it's Twitter or Facebook, they just don't give a rat's ass.
Snarkoleptic
(6,002 posts)Wilson launched the fundraiser last week, tweeting: If @Twitter executives wont shut down Trumps violence and hate, then its up to us. #BuyTwitter #BanTrump.
The GoFundMe page for the fundraiser says Trumps tweets damage the country and put people in harms way.
As of Wednesday morning, she had raised less than $6,000 of her $1bn goal. By Thursday morning, the total had risen to more than $40,000.