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posted by janrinok on Sunday January 07 2018, @11:27AM   Printer-friendly
from the It's-not-bannable-if-it's-the-president's-tweet dept.

Many Twitter users have reported threats of genocide and the use of weapons of mass destruction by one Twitterati in particular, but Twitter does not think these violate the terms of usage at Twitter. Tweet, at Mashable.

The President of the United States possibly made another threat of nuclear war on Twitter, but the company doesn't seem to think the post breaks any of its rules. Donald Trump boasted on Twitter about how his nuclear button was bigger than North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's, and people are calling (again) for the president to be banned from the platform.

Folks on Twitter are asking the platform whether this violates its policy against violent threats. So far the response from Twitter has been in the form of an automated response in which Twitter says Trump's message represents "no violation of the Twitter Rules against abusive behavior."

Mashable checked, just in case:

Twitter confirmed to Mashable that "this Tweet did not violate our terms of service," referencing the Twitter Rules against violent threats and glorification of violence.

"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," the rules state.

So it seems that if you are going to threaten serious "physical harm, death or disease" on Twitter, be sure to include everyone by using nukes, instead of just one individual or group.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 08 2018, @02:18AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 08 2018, @02:18AM (#619364)

    I'll have to put in a second vote for Putin. He just has more sex appeal. Age has treated Putin a lot better than Trump. (Though when they were younger, Putin was kind of a goober, and Trump was not quite pretty boy.)

    One of these leaders also seems like he would know how to treat a lady, while the other is… eech… better wear chainmail undies if it's necessary to be in the same building as him.

  • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday January 08 2018, @02:39AM

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Monday January 08 2018, @02:39AM (#619372) Homepage Journal

    None of the above is relevant in any way to alpha status.

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    My rights don't end where your fear begins.