Ban Donald Trump from Twitter: Its time for the social media empire to take a stand

[inanna]

FRIDAY, DEC 16, 2016 01:00 PM EST

On Wednesday, Donald Trump had a summit with major tech leaders at Trump Tower, and Jack Dorsey of Twitter was left out, even though Trump is an avid Twitter user and uses the service repeatedly to hijack the news cycle with his fact-free rantings. According to a report from Politico, Dorsey got snubbed because he refused to let Trump create a special emoji to deride Hillary Clinton, as part of Trump’s larger strategy to reduce campaigns to a series of childish taunts.

But, verily I say unto you, Dorsey does not have to take this lying down. He can and should retaliate by taking away the thing Trump loves dearest in the world. No, not inappropriate photographs of his daughter Ivanka.

Dorsey should take Trump’s Twitter account away. Yes, he should ban the president-elect of the United States from Twitter.

Dorsey probably won’t do it. The reasons why he won’t, in turn, tell us a lot about why social media has become such an effective propaganda tool for far-right activists, and why industry leaders in Silicon Valley appear so reluctant to halt the spread of authoritarian and even outright fascist rhetoric throughout their social networks.

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http://www.salon.com/2016/12/16/ban-donald-trump-from-twitter-its-time-for-the-social-media-empire-to-take-a-stand/

[ZoomBubba]

1. Bad idea ...

... Twitter has been the best way to show how unfit Trump is for office. Without Twitter, we'd have to rely on his subordinates who would dress things up before putting them out.

[longship]

2. I'd be a no on that as well.

I want people to see the raw Drumpf, pure and simple.

Why would anybody sane want that hidden?

[Leith]

3. The Main Damage Has Been Done

Let orange boy keep showing the world what a twit he is. It will be good for throwing in the faces of the idiots who voted for him.