Current Events > Twitter explains why it hasn't banned Donald Trump

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Metro2
01/05/18 9:38:50 PM
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Amid vocal calls for the company to act, Twitter today offered its first explanation for why it hasnt banned President Donald Trump without ever saying the mans name. Elected world leaders play a critical role in that conversation because of their outsized impact on our society, the company said in a blog post. Blocking a world leader from Twitter or removing their controversial Tweets, would hide important information people should be able to see and debate. It would also not silence that leader, but it would certainly hamper necessary discussion around their words and actions.

Twitter has faced regular calls to ban Trump since he was elected in 2016. Among other things, critics have accused Trump of inciting violence with his tweets. This week, a tweet invoking the prospect of nuclear war escalated tensions with North Korea, but was allowed to remain on the service. Protesters projected critical slogans on the walls outside Twitter headquarters as a result. Today, the nonprofit group Color of Change announced a new effort to get Trump banned from Twitter.

In its blog post, Twitter reiterated its previous statement that all accounts still must follow the companys rules. The statement seemed to leave open the possibility that it might one day take action against Trumps account, or the accounts of other world leaders who might use the platform to incite violence or otherwise break its rules. We review Tweets by leaders within the political context that defines them, and enforce our rules accordingly, it said.

The company also pushed back against an oft-tweeted refrain of the companys critics, that it only allows Trump to keep tweeting because it draws attention and ad revenue to the company. No one persons account drives Twitters growth, or influences these decisions, the company said. We work hard to remain unbiased with the public interest in mind.
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pinky0926
01/05/18 9:40:43 PM
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Twitter neglected to explicitly state "this shit is printing money" which is known among experts to be the main, secret reason
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SSMajinVegeta2
01/05/18 9:41:21 PM
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In other words-he makes us money
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C_Pain
01/05/18 9:42:55 PM
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lmao you can't ban Trump BECAUSE HE'S THE LITERAL FUCKING PRESIDENT

thats so fucking stupid
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not__shawn__z
01/05/18 9:43:01 PM
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pinky0926 posted...
Twitter neglected to explicitly state "this shit is printing money" which is known among experts to be the main, secret reason


Does Twitter actually make money? And I don't mean backhand deals from a Soros group saying"delete this trend, make this trend" or whatever. I mean, do they actually monetize the website? Ive had adblockers for like 10 years, so I really don't know
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I Like Toast
01/05/18 9:43:08 PM
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I can only imagine it's the Russian bots requesting it after they realized they've made a juge mistake
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pinky0926
01/05/18 9:45:12 PM
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not__shawn__z posted...
pinky0926 posted...
Twitter neglected to explicitly state "this shit is printing money" which is known among experts to be the main, secret reason


Does Twitter actually make money? And I don't mean backhand deals from a Soros group saying"delete this trend, make this trend" or whatever. I mean, do they actually monetize the website? Ive had adblockers for like 10 years, so I really don't know


Yep, through advertising in a not dissimilar way to facebook. As far as I'm aware it's yet to post a profit though.

Regardless of that every time Trump has a tanty the entire world flocks to twitter to see what he had to say. You couldn't pay for that kind of profile.
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GuyCarlPeterson
01/05/18 9:46:28 PM
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If they allow racist speech and threats then why would they not allow Trump?
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not__shawn__z
01/05/18 9:46:44 PM
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Ahhh gotcha
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weapon_d00d816
01/05/18 9:47:43 PM
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You would think nuclear threats would be against the ToS.
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KingCrabCake
01/05/18 9:47:44 PM
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Rosie Odonnell never was punished by Twitter...which is shocking af
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Metro2
01/05/18 9:48:04 PM
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Twitter seems to forget that people can have meaningful discussions outside of Twitter. Like I said before, Twitter is not a good platform to have indepth discussions when it encourages juvenile short posts.

Basically, Twitter's just enabling Trump at this point instead of taking away his platform.
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itachi15243
01/05/18 9:48:22 PM
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I wonder what Trump is gonna do in 2020 after he loses the next race and gets banned from Twitter.

Will he bitch and cry somewhere else, or will he buy enough of Twitter to forcefully unban himself?
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iPhone_7
01/05/18 9:48:49 PM
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It would be funny if they did ban him, just to see him post his outrage on Facebook
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KingCrabCake
01/05/18 9:49:29 PM
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itachi15243 posted...
I wonder what Trump is gonna do in 2020 after he loses the next race and gets banned from Twitter then.


Just like he was gonna lose the race in 2016
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Zeus
01/05/18 9:50:08 PM
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Banning him would be moronic for any number of reasons and the people calling for the ban are generally fascist thugs anyway.
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PinkiePie462
01/05/18 9:50:09 PM
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Only cucks want Trump banned
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not__shawn__z
01/05/18 9:50:54 PM
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Metro2 posted...
Twitter seems to forget that people can have meaningful discussions outside of Twitter. Like I said before, Twitter is not a good platform to have indepth discussions when it encourages juvenile short posts.

Basically, Twitter's just enabling Trump at this point instead of taking away his platform.


Huh? When did Twitter claim they were a platform for good in-depth discussions? And why would they take away President Trump's twitter?
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Metro2
01/05/18 9:52:19 PM
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not__shawn__z posted...
Metro2 posted...
Twitter seems to forget that people can have meaningful discussions outside of Twitter. Like I said before, Twitter is not a good platform to have indepth discussions when it encourages juvenile short posts.

Basically, Twitter's just enabling Trump at this point instead of taking away his platform.


Huh? When did Twitter claim they were a platform for good in-depth discussions? And why would they take away President Trump's twitter?


They said: "It would also not silence that leader, but it would certainly hamper necessary discussion around their words and actions. They're implying that they want the discussions to happen on their platform.
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leviamon2
01/05/18 9:53:29 PM
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money comes first to limousine liberals like Jack Dorsey
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Christian RULES
01/05/18 9:54:21 PM
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If Trump is banned, then where will the good American people including myself get our daily news? Certainly not from CNN or New York Times.
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not__shawn__z
01/05/18 9:54:37 PM
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Yea, but I didn't get where you're getting in-depth from. It was a 140 character platform until like last month, when they made it 280
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TheRealDill2000
01/05/18 9:57:21 PM
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iPhone_7 posted...
It would be funny if they did ban him, just to see him post his outrage on Facebook

He may go to Snapchat
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Waluigi7
01/05/18 9:57:42 PM
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Why would anybody want Trump's Twitter banned?

Dude makes himself look like a complete idiot.
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GreatEvilEmpire
01/05/18 9:58:29 PM
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If Trump is banned on Twitter, where will CNN and NYT get their news from?
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DifferentialEquation
01/05/18 9:58:30 PM
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Lol. Obama was 10 times worse on his Twitter and I don't recall anyone ever crying to have him banned.
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Phantom_Nook
01/05/18 9:59:25 PM
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DifferentialEquation posted...
but obama

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DeroIin
01/05/18 10:01:14 PM
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DifferentialEquation posted...


LMAO you manage to 1-up yourself with each of your subsequent effortless troll posts
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not__shawn__z
01/05/18 10:02:45 PM
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DifferentialEquation posted...
Lol. Obama was 10 times worse on his Twitter and I don't recall anyone ever crying to have him banned.


Lol. C'mon. I love President Trump and think people like @Waluigi7 are brainwashed drones. But c'mon now. This is so dishonest
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Waluigi7
01/05/18 10:02:47 PM
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Please don't respond to DE
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marc55
01/05/18 10:02:57 PM
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id like to see how he reacts to something like a 24hrs ban

when that guy took down his twitter before leaving trump s twitter addiction made him notice it and it was only down for a few minutes
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pinky0926
01/05/18 10:05:00 PM
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Waluigi7 posted...
Please don't respond to DE

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not__shawn__z
01/05/18 10:06:03 PM
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marc55 posted...
id like to see how he reacts to something like a 24hrs ban

when that guy took down his twitter before leaving trump s twitter addiction made him notice it and it was only down for a few minutes


Do you think maybe that he noticed it in a few minutes because he has 45 million followers, it was noticed quickly and picked up by the media? Like are you completely ruling that out?
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KingCrabCake
01/05/18 10:14:59 PM
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Waluigi7 posted...
Please don't respond to DE

You're such a fucking child
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TheRealDill2000
01/05/18 10:23:58 PM
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pinky0926 posted...
Waluigi7 posted...
Please don't respond to DE

He's one of the most sensible posters here.
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not__shawn__z
01/05/18 10:32:54 PM
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I'm new here so I don't know who to believe in the "he's a joke account" "no HES the joke account" argument

Is this the same as every other forum on the internet, the left agrees with the left no matter what, the right agrees with the right no matter what, only racists like trump, etc?
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TheRealDill2000
01/05/18 10:40:40 PM
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not__shawn__z posted...
I'm new here so I don't know who to believe in the "he's a joke account" "no HES the joke account" argument

Is this the same as every other forum on the internet, the left agrees with the left no matter what, the right agrees with the right no matter what, only racists like trump, etc?

Not at all. I lean left, but I recognize some of Trump's accomplishments. We're fair and balanced on this board.
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MonsterZed
01/05/18 10:42:12 PM
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Translation: Trump makes us a shit ton of money so fuck you all we never will touch him.
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Heineken14
01/05/18 10:42:26 PM
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SSMajinVegeta2 posted...
In other words-he makes us money


That. Whole lotta words for them to say when they could have just posted this instead.

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not__shawn__z
01/05/18 11:05:12 PM
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Heineken14 posted...
SSMajinVegeta2 posted...
In other words-he makes us money


That. Whole lotta words for them to say when they could have just posted this instead.

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WaffIeElite
01/05/18 11:08:10 PM
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Zeus posted...
Banning him would be moronic for any number of reasons and the people calling for the ban are generally fascist thugs anyway.


Trump supporters aren't calling for the ban.
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not__shawn__z
01/05/18 11:11:24 PM
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WaffIeElite posted...
Zeus posted...
Banning him would be moronic for any number of reasons and the people calling for the ban are generally fascist thugs anyway.


Trump supporters aren't calling for the ban.


That's why he was refencing the left
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WilliamPorygon
01/05/18 11:14:23 PM
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So if you're rich and powerful the rules don't apply to you. Good to know.
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not__shawn__z
01/05/18 11:43:52 PM
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WilliamPorygon posted...
So if you're rich and powerful the rules don't apply to you. Good to know.


@WilliamPorygon
THIS is what made you realize that??? Twitter not banning someone's account?? Out of all the corruption in America, in politics, in hollywood or in sports.. THIS is what gave you an epiphany?! Cmon.
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Antifar
01/05/18 11:45:53 PM
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Society treats state violence as though it is not violence. This is just a particularly clear example.
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WilliamPorygon
01/06/18 12:05:40 AM
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not__shawn__z posted...
WilliamPorygon posted...
So if you're rich and powerful the rules don't apply to you. Good to know.


@WilliamPorygon
THIS is what made you realize that??? Twitter not banning someone's account?? Out of all the corruption in America, in politics, in hollywood or in sports.. THIS is what gave you an epiphany?! Cmon.


No, I've realized it since I was like 5, it just doesn't usually get explicitly stated like that though.
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ThePieReborn
01/06/18 12:08:58 AM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULeDlxa3gyc

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01/06/18 12:10:35 AM
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