Twitter explains why it hasn’t banned @realDonaldTrump
https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/5/16855900/twitter-donald-trump-ban-explanation …
Basically, by Twitter’s criteria, they would not ban Hitler, were he alive, leading Nazi Germany, and in the middle of perpetrating the Holocaust today as it “would hide important information.”
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If, on the other hand, you happen to be someone the Turkish government wants to censor, they’ll ban you right away. So swings and roundabouts, I guess.https://twitter.com/aral/status/949545786693619712 …
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Twitter explains why it hasn’t banned @realDonaldTrump
https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/5/16855900/twitter-donald-trump-ban-explanation …
Basically, by Twitter’s criteria, they would not ban Hitler, were he alive, leading Nazi Germany, and in the middle of perpetrating the Holocaust today as it “would hide important information.”
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