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Twitter hides Donald Trump tweet for “glorifying violence”

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1061 points danso | 4 comments | 29 May 20 07:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.43s | source
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AgentME ◴[29 May 20 08:37 UTC] No.23347684[source]▶
One angle I don't see discussed: I wonder if Trump commits to more risky/bombastic/divisive plans as president because he feels confident that he can directly frame them and control the narrative by using his audience on Twitter, and he feels emboldened by how immediately Twitter is able to deliver the reactions. If there's a chance this is true, I can especially understand Twitter wanting to have no part in this. It would be fucked up to force anyone like Twitter to be the ones working to support this if they didn't want to be the ones doing it and associated with it.
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dannyw ◴[29 May 20 08:44 UTC] No.23347730[source]▶
Twitter should have suspended the account of a repeated rule breaker a long time ago.

If I threatened to shoot the president, I would be in jail already, not to mention my twitter account would be suspended.

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1. areyousure ◴[29 May 20 13:51 UTC] No.23349943[source]▶
https://twitter.com/search?q=%22shoot%20trump%22&src=typed_q...

https://twitter.com/swoIIens/status/1266247882652278785 https://twitter.com/uwork4me247/status/1265065191311638529 https://twitter.com/SweeetTeeeaaa/status/1263924178048241665 https://youtu.be/E4i3bAtEuJE?t=184

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2. jeromegv ◴[29 May 20 15:02 UTC] No.23350728[source]▶
This is a wrong way to prove your point because we don't know how many tweets and accounts were actually taking down for threatening violence.
3. ceejayoz ◴[29 May 20 16:05 UTC] No.23351667[source]▶
Hit the "report tweet" button, just like people have been doing to Trump's tweets.
4. ViViDboarder ◴[29 May 20 17:26 UTC] No.23352824[source]▶
The first direct link you posted is a RT if someone saying that their friend was arrested for exactly this. https://twitter.com/swoIIens/status/1266247882652278785

It sounds like you’re confirming OPs point, not refuting it.