Twitter needs to stop giving special rules to Trump...but it's not what you think.

[cbdo2007]

In some ways Trump is right, they are not adding flags to anybody elses posts that they may not be factually correct. But this shouldn't be the case anyways, the only reason they need to do this is because they give Trump and other politicians a different set of rules than everyone else that allows them to attack people without suspension or removal of their account.

This isn't a free speech issue, this is a Twitter "terms of service" issue where they are letting Trump be crazier and crazier without retribution. The answer isn't to flag Trumps posts, but to remove him and suspend him like they would for attacking people and inciting violence against people, like they do with other users.

[SWBTATTReg]

1. I keep thinking about the rule that one doesn't yell 'FIRE' in a crowded theater. Rump is yelling

the equivalent of FIRE everyday multiple times w/ his often factually incorrect tweets.

This is wrong, especially coming from the one person where everyone is supposed to be getting some sort of guidance from. He's absconded his presidential duties just about in everything and everywhere where one can look. Except for the playing of golf, or campaign rallies. He's dumped everything else onto the states.

He's failed his duties to this Country and where are the Senate republicans? Where are the House Republicans? Where are any republicans? Opps...I forgot, they are all leaving the republican party.

[Initech]

2. If this has taught us anything it's that Twitter needs more red flags!

[3Hotdogs]

3. Can twitter be sued for allowing dissemination of false information?

They are not the government and so, not covered by the 1st. Amendment. But we as "customers" are entitled to accurate information.

[cbdo2007]

4. They give no expectation that they are providing accurate information...the problem is them

giving special rules to Trump and not kicking him off for violating their Terms of Service, when they have kicked many many other people off for exactly that.

[area51]

5. A couple of items that don't get brought up enough in public, imho,

are that Twitter could pull Dementia Donnie's account for his daily violating the TOS, and he'd still have access to the POTUS account to tweet from. Another is that there's nothing to stop republinazis from using their megabux to create their own social media platforms. Hell, there's already Gab.