Twitter hid one of Donald Trump’s tweets.
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Twitter hid one of Donald Trump’s tweets that violates its rules by glorifying violence. Instead of being deleted, the tweet has been labeled and can still be read when it is clicked.
“This tweet broke the Twitter rules to glorify violence,” the label said, which was applied early Friday. “However, Twitter has determined that it may be in the public interest for the tweet to remain available.”
Trump tweeted about the protests in Minneapolis after George Floyd’s death in police custody. By doing hidden tweetTrump called the protesters “thugs after threatening to send the National Guard.” When the looting begins, the shots begin, “he said.
Twitter’s action takes place amid escalating tensions between the company and the White House after it was decided earlier this week to label another Trump label with a fact-checking label to contain “potentially misleading information”. Trump on Thursday signed an executive order Urge the government to review the federal law that protects online businesses from liability for user-published content.
Twitter’s use of labels is part of its strategy to combat the spread of fake news and other harmful content on its platform after governments around the world put pressure on it to take more responsibility for curbing the flow of misinformation. Once a label has been applied to a tweet, it can no longer be liked, retweeted or answered, although other Twitter users can retweet the original tweet with their own comment.
Twitter also announced its decision to request a “Public Interest Notice” on Friday through its official communications Twitter account.
This tweet violates our policies to glorify violence based on the historical context of the last line, its connection to violence, and the risk that it could lead to similar actions today. https://t.co/sl4wupRfNH
– Twitter Comms (@TwitterComms) May 29, 2020
“We have taken measures to prevent others from being inspired to commit violence, but have kept the tweet on Twitter because it is important that the public can continue to see the tweet as it is relevant to ongoing publicly relevant issues.” , added it.
Critics of the social media company have claimed that attaching labels to tweets censors freedom of speech. Trump has previously accused social media sites of being biased against conservatives, and the The White House has launched a website This allowed people to report social media accounts that they suspected were banned due to political bias.
Trump hasn’t tweeted after Twitter’s decision to hide his latest tweet. White House officials did not immediately respond to the request for comment.