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Trump's Threat to 'serious force' against manifestants is limited by Twitter
Twitter maintained the tagging strategy – but not the elimination – of President Donald Trump's rule-breaking tweets. The company limited the promising "serious Force" of the Trump post to Washington , DC as a potential protest zone occupied by Capitol Hill in Seattle.
This tweet is a statement of public interest in violation of our policy to counter violence , especially to threaten an identifiable group, Twitter's security team writes.
There is found a danger against this group. The message appears above the tweet and if users are attempting to retweet it. Nonetheless, it will not be removed in keeping with the normal policy of Twitter for world leaders whose messages represent public interest.
There will never be an “Autonomous Zone” in Washington, D.C., as long as I’m your President. If they try they will be met with serious force!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 23, 2020
It isn't the first Trump tweet classified for aggression or harassment promotion. Twitter censored a tweet in late May which said, When the robbery begins, the shoting starts. The platform has described misinformations regarding postal voting and manipulated videos that are meant to be CNN broadcast as potentially misleading. Trump's irony was triggered by the labels and after vote check he released a management order that criticized "bias" in social media.
Specific tweets can not be liked or responded to, but with a message they can be replied to. Nonetheless, Trump 's massive social media are common on Facebook after almost guaranteed every post.
It is a big symbolic decision, which allows Twitter to embrace and respond to Trump's alarming social media posts — in comparison to Facebook, which retained a mostly hands-off stance which pulled a Trump commercial last week for the use of Nazi imagery.
Until now, a Facebook post has not been tagged or deleted with Trump's "Serious Force."
