Twitter says it will label tweets from Trump and other leaders that break its rules
Source: CNN
New York (CNN Business)Twitter plans to place a disclaimer on future tweets from world leaders that break its rules but which Twitter decides are in the "public interest," the company said in a blog post Thursday.
This policy change could face its most prominent test in President Trump. Trump has repeatedly tested Twitter's community standards with his regular tirades on the platform and some of the president's tweets have run afoul of Twitter's rules.
Twitter (TWTR) has in the past allowed tweets from Trump and other world leaders to remain online, even though they broke the company's rules, a Twitter spokesperson confirmed to CNN Business, because it believes the tweets are in the public interest.
But putting a disclaimer on one of Trump's tweets would almost certainly bring a firestorm of criticism down on Twitter's head. Republicans in Washington, including Trump, often claim without real evidence that technology companies are biased against conservatives. Such a disclaimer on a Trump tweet, even if he had clearly violated Twitter's rules, would provoke a new cycle of such complaints at a time when Washington is increasingly investigating Big Tech over concerns about antitrust and privacy.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/27/tech/twitter-trump-rules/index.html
SAN FRANCISCO Twitter has long said it is unlikely to take down politicians most vitriolic tweets including President Trumps but it now plans to label them if they break its rules.
The new label applies to all verified political candidates and government officials with more than 100,000 followers, Twitter said Thursday. Before users can view the language in newly flagged tweets, they will need to click on a screen that says, The Twitter Rules about abusive behavior apply to this Tweet. However, Twitter has determined it may be in the publics interest for the Tweet to remain available.
The company also said it will set up a special team tasked with enforcing the policy, and the notification label would appear only on rare occasions.
Twitter said it would deprioritize the labeled tweets in the companys algorithms and search bar so that they would circulate to fewer people. The policy will go into effect immediately and will not apply to other influencers and leaders. Its not retroactive.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/06/27/twitter-adds-labels-tweets-that-break-its-rules-putting-president-trump-companys-crosshairs/
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)the editorial staff of Breitbart?
EveHammond13
(2,855 posts)NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)Facebook was going to implement a neutral panel of people to review news stories/articles before they got posted to Facebook. However, the RW media got involved and raised a huge stink over it because 1 of the 9 panelists had donated to Democrats in the past.
So, Facebook ditched the plan for the 2016 elections and we had obviously false pro Trump and/or anti Hillary memes getting shared millions of times on Facebook (Pope endorses Trump!)
Then, in 2017/18, Facebook decided to put together a new editorial panel and it was made up of conservative media. WTF?
RockRaven
(14,966 posts)Twitter edition...
kysrsoze
(6,019 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,956 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,001 posts)Who cares how many followers they have... they should be kicked off when they break the rules, just like anybody else.
LiberalLovinLug
(14,173 posts)a stamp of approval for his minions.
And of course any tweets in response that use the same language back, if they are from the unwashed masses, will be blocked.
Odoreida
(1,549 posts)That's what it sounds like.