Michelle Obama put pressure on Twitter to ban Trump. That's pretty ballsy.
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"... and places the responsibility for that power on their own shoulders… So they hide behind an ever-changing rulebook, alternately pointing to it when it’s convenient and shoving it under the nearest rug when it isn’t.”
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860 days ago, President Trump signed an executive order to BAN TikTok.
Joe Biden REVOKED the ban.
Trump put America's national security FIRST long before anyone else!
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The Twitter files show Jack made up rules to ban Trump but Elon did the exact same with Ye
They both do what the ADL tells them to do
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G’morning🎄Part 4 of the Twitter files were released last night. In summary, Yoel Roth the little Hitler changed policy in order to ban Trump. He had weekly meetings with the FBI to censor opposing voices. It was a collective & orchestrated Deep State move, it’s very powerful!
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"What is 'dangerous' is suggesting that American citizens () don't have a right to criticize powerful government officials." foxnews.com/video/63171111
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.@ElonMusk @Twitter Files show activist employees corruptly banned @realDonaldTrump even though his tweets broke no "rules." PLUS Musk slams Fauci -- for good reason! Joining @FoxNews at midnight to discuss. @JudicialWatch
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BREAKING: Former Twitter staff used the January 6th incident as an excuse to ban Trump from Twitter. They looked at the “broad picture” when banning him.
We were right the whole time.
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This is the same logic that Twitter execs used to ban Trump. Elon tweeted an emoji of a 🐰 and somehow it’s spun into Elon is encouraging 120 million people to join a domestic terrorist group. 🤣🤣
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Elon Musk is now explicitly encouraging his 120 million followers to start following QAnon.
Put differently, Elon Musk is encouraging his 120 million followers to join a domestic terrorism movement.
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But after the events of Jan 6, the internal and external pressure on Twitter CEO grows.
Former First Lady @michelleobama , tech journalist @karaswisher , , high-tech VC , and many others, publicly call on Twitter to permanently ban Trump.
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The employee notes, later in the day, "And Will Oremus noticed the inconsistency too...," linking to an article for OneZero at Medium called, "Facebook Chucked Its Own Rulebook to Ban Trump."
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The question is who should make those decisions and how.
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9. After January 6, Twitter employees organized to demand their employer ban Trump. “There is a lot of employee advocacy happening,” said one Twitter employee.
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Tonight’s hit with discussing the latest Twitter files drop and why the lack of diversity of thought at Twitter was crippling when it came to deciding to ban Trump.
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I will REPEAT. The #TwitterFiles5 simply show that Twitter took time in a chaotic atmosphere to make a rash, difficult decision to Ban Trump.
It shows ABSOLUTELY no government involvement in Trump's ban. To those pushing this conspiracy, take a step back and look at the facts.
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Michelle Obama involved in pressuring Twitter to ban Trump after Jan 6
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Not only did Twitter decide to ban Trump, despite the conclusion from employees that he had not broken Twitter’s rules, it also decided to keep on its platform other heads of state and political leaders who Twitter employees concluded had incited violence.
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White America's fear of being accused of racism results in either paralysis or, in the case of Twitter, the facilitation of extreme violence against Black communities. To ban and ignore is as racist as it gets.
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23. In October 2021, Twitter allowed Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to call on citizens to take up arms against the Tigray region.
Twitter allowed the tweet to remain up, and did not ban the prime minister.
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For years, Twitter had resisted calls to ban Trump.
“Blocking a world leader from Twitter,” it wrote in 2018, “would hide important info... [and] hamper necessary discussion around their words and actions.”
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Blocking a world leader from Twitter or removing their controversial Tweets would hide important information people should be able to see and debate. It would also not silence that leader, but it would certainly hamper necessary discussion around their words and actions.
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