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The thread title had to shorten the full headline from Variety:
Twitter Apologizes for Pain Caused by Trumps Tweets Falsely Implying Joe Scarborough Committed Murder, but Takes No Action Against President
https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/twitter-apology-donald-trump-false-joe-scarborough-murder-1234616060/
But for now, the social network isnt taking any actions against Trumps account or the offending tweets on the subject.
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We are deeply sorry about the pain these statements, and the attention they are drawing, are causing the family, a Twitter spokesperson said in a statement to Variety. Weve been working to expand existing product features and policies so we can more effectively address things like this going forward, and we hope to have those changes in place shortly.
Twitter already has rules in place banning bullying and harassment. The company grants special exemptions to Donald Trump and other political figures for tweets that would be violations for regular users, if Twitter deems those posts in the public interest. Twitter last year put into place a policy under which tweets by political figures that violate its regular policies would be displayed with a warning notice in front of tweets but to date, it hasnt applied those warnings to any of Trumps posts.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)Bleacher Creature
(11,258 posts)Twitter is basically saying that while they admit that Trump's tweets were repugnant, they're still not going to do anything about it.
Arkansas Granny
(31,537 posts)uponit7771
(90,367 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,537 posts)He will interpret this as license to be a nasty and obnoxious as he pleases with no repercussion.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)been banned by now. This ass walks around bashing things, and none tell him to Fuck Off.
dalton99a
(81,656 posts)ScratchCat
(2,010 posts)Weve been working to expand existing product features and policies so we can more effectively address things like this going forward, and we hope to have those changes in place shortly.
Effing seriously? What on earth is wrong with, "you have violated the terms of service and your account has been deactivated"? What in the ever loving fark is wrong with people? It isn't this mofo difficult. Just delete his god damn account. There is nothing "political" or of "public interest" in slanderous comments. Christ on crack, the world is over.
uponit7771
(90,367 posts)Andy823
(11,495 posts)boycott twitter and demand they remove trump! No matter what twitter or facebook say, trump should not be allowed to spread lies and conspiracy theories!
Fullduplexxx
(7,872 posts)But i cant for reasons a b and or c
C_U_L8R
(45,027 posts)It's has to come down to this for Twitter to do anything.
They know for now that none of us are leaving.
That truthfully, we are not standing up for our own beliefs... in numbers that matter to them.
Perhaps it's time for a serious movement?
What if the fair-minded with massive followings - celebrities, politicians,
business mavens, etc - left Twitter en masse?
Trump is counting on good people to not organize.
Hugin
(33,222 posts)RockRaven
(15,051 posts)People ought to treat it accordingly.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)And, though we have the total power and authority to stop the pain right now, this minute, we're not going to do that, because your pain is in the public interest (we don't have to explain that to the likes of you), and it makes money for Jack Dorsey.
Get the message, proles?
mcar
(42,424 posts)MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)maxrandb
(15,368 posts)Jack and Zuck, please review the below links to see your futures.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Streicher
https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/hans-fritzsche
kacekwl
(7,024 posts)consequence for asshole or criminal behavior. The great American justice system at work.
thucythucy
(8,102 posts)A lawsuit against Twitter for knowingly spreading false and defamatory information which it admits is causing pain and suffering. This would be filed by the family of this unfortunate woman. If I knowingly use what resources I have to spread absolute lies which I know will cause someone intense emotional pain, aren't I liable to a slander or libel suit?
And a lawsuit against Trump for the same, filed by Scarborough. Granted, Scarborough is a public figure, but if he can prove financial damages (advertisers backing out, speaking engagements cancelled) as well as personal injury, shouldn't he be able to take this to court?
The Supreme Court allowed at least one lawsuit to proceed against President Clinton, even though he was still in office.
cbdo2007
(9,213 posts)They have made BILLIONS of dollars on Trump and everyone waiting to see what ridiculous thing he says next.
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