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Soph0571

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Wed Jan 3, 2018, 06:24 AM Jan 2018

People want Trump banned from Twitter after he threatened nuclear war [View all]



Twitter seems to think that Donald Trump's latest provocative tweet, which many argue threatens nuclear war, is absolutely fine.

Twitter defended its decision not to act on Donald Trump's tweet as a violation of its guidelines, despite the President claiming in the tweet that he had a "nuclear button" that is "bigger and more powerful" than Kim Jong Un's.




Twitter has said that Trump's tweet doesn't violate its terms of service because it does not amount to a "specific threat", according to Business Insider.

This is outlined in Twitter's policy:

You may not make specific threats of violence or wish for the serious physical harm, death, or disease of an individual or group of people.


https://www.indy100.com/article/trump-ban-twitter-threaten-nuclear-war-big-button-north-korea-desk-8139211

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