Twitter blocks Donald Trump tweet for glorifying violence

Twitter has censored a tweet made byThe tweet was referring to the riots currently taking place in the US following the death ofthreatened to send in the military ‘and get the job done right’Mr Trump tweeted: ‘…These THUGS are dishonouring the memory of George Floyd, and I won’t let that happen. Just spoke to Governor Tim Walz and told him that the military is with him all the way. Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts.

‘This tweet violates our policies regarding the glorification of violence based on the historical context of the last line, its connection to violence, and the risk it could inspire similar actions today.George Floyd, who was killed after a police officer knelt on his neck for several minutes as he gasped for breath and said he could not breathe

‘We’ve taken action in the interest of preventing others from being inspired to commit violent acts, but have kept the tweet on Twitter because it is important that the public still be able to see the tweet given its relevance to ongoing matters of public importance. ‘As is standard with this notice, engagements with the tweet will be limited. People will be able to retweet with comment, but will not be able to like, reply or retweet it.’Advertisement

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Great work Twitter but I'm sure you can do more to curb his rantings.

So they've not blocked it so much as put it on a pedestal for all to see 😄 So judging from Twitters actions it would seem they want this to be viewed by more people than if they had actually just done nothing...I mean I would've have known this if not for this article.

Twitter decides what content it allows on its site.

How does a statement from the President of the United States glorify violence

Can you ever imagine The President of the USA having a tweet blocked what a vile man he is.

LindsayWesker Finally . 👏🏽👍🏽👍🏽well donetwitter . He just spreads Bile and hatred

Twitter needs to be careful not to assign itself a right its advertisers can't afford to support! People value free speech, advertisers need to remember that! Same for Youtube and Facebook.

mamayoda78

They didn't block it.

S_Fleary1 There are no words 😔

TwitterComms

At last.

Suspend his account

He didn’t glorify violence. He just stated a simple fact..

Fucking amazing 😂😂😂

McArmchairTosh hahahahahah!!!! is this for real?!

Either you are stupid or crazy. No other alternative.

Its not glorifying violence..surely the rioters are glorifying violence? This is Trump derangement syndrome...at its most perverse..

Breaking: Twitter about to be put in it's place.

Well done! Finally someone is making a stand against a man who literally does nothing but incite hatred and aggression.

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