Twitter permanently bans former KKK leader David Duke
Source: ABC News
Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke has been banned from Twitter for breaking the social media platform's sites rules forbidding hate speech.
The company said Friday that Duke's account has been permanently suspended for repeated violations of the Twitter rules on hateful conduct.
It didn't specify what exactly Duke posted that triggered the ban, but its policy on hateful conduct prohibits promoting violence or threatening attacks against people based on religious affiliation, race and ethnic origin.
Twitter said the ban was in line with its recently updated policy aimed at cutting down on harmful links. Under the new rules, the company may suspend accounts dedicated to sharing hateful content or that try to get around its blocks on sharing links to the material.
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When are they going to ban tRump? His behavior perfectly fits the description of what they claim to ban - " dedicated to sharing hateful content".
RainCaster
(10,962 posts)They have the precedent.
AllaN01Bear
(18,827 posts)underpants
(183,043 posts)efhmc
(14,743 posts)VA_Jill
(10,045 posts)to ban tRump "because he's president". No other reason.
ancianita
(36,238 posts)zentrum
(9,866 posts)
a front tweeter.
The Civil War is not to be allowed to end.
lame54
(35,348 posts)NonPC
(308 posts)I think Trump is on thin ice with Twitter. Just because they haven't banned him YET, doesn't mean that he won't be. My guess is that when Trump goes full psycho sometime in the next 60-80 days and his violation of the rules is repeated and so painfully obvious, Dorsey will pull the plug on him. By that time, it will be too late for Trump to do much to Dorsey and Twitter's stock price.