Trump Campaign Account Banned from Twitter

@johntomSWPhd Yeah........Nah......... This is a public health crisis and failure to act can open Twitter to liability.. And its actually a corporate entity. They can decide to ban every account starting with the letter "T" just because they feel like it.😷

@whowasthatmaskedman I,m sure they have the means to, but should they?.Because that drives home a point that you will only speak on this platform what we beleive is right.Long run, its a bad business idea. They can take down his video since it may bring harm to someone.

@johntomSWPhd They have blocked the interview if you read the story link. But I guess their point is to enforce a standard of behaviour. Its not as if he has not been warned before. He also keeps violating music copyrights at his events. He knows damned well hes not supposed to use some material. But hes not big on following rules. So, they upped the ante. My bet is that interview will be gone in no time.

@johntomSWPhd It is a platform but any platform has some responsibility for its content, or it should do.

I'm of the view that we should treat Twitter and Facebook as publishers. Albeit, they are publishers of our words. No credible media outlet would give a platform to dangerous outright falsehoods so neither should Twitter.

As it is, Twitter does have a loose set of guidllines which users regularly break without consequence. That is because Twitter make loads of money from engagement, especially from high profile controvertial users and Donald J Trunp is certainly that. Removing him from Twitter would cost them millions a month so they won't do it. They want to be seen to do the right thing so they do this soft push back which is something but not much.

Im not in favour of shutting down opinions. Let him spout his right wing politics all he likes because that is democracy. Hate speech and dangerous lies should have no place on a public platform though.