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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.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Monday January 08 2018, @08:57PM (1 child)
Thanks. Yes, that's it. Edward Said, the guy who coined that term, was onto something, because his concept stuck. On the other hand, at the same time he was criticizing the West for reducing the Orient to simple archetypes and forms, he was doing the same thing to the West. It's a little understandable because he's an ardent Palestinian activist with good reason to be pissed off at the West. But, it must be said, the guy is a pompous dick. He was buddies with the professor I worked for in college, Marvin Zonis, who was an Iran scholar, and I had the distinct displeasure of dealing with Said at several conferences.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 2) by cubancigar11 on Monday January 08 2018, @09:59PM
He is a sociologist. I have done a side degree in sociologist. They are not STEM people, and that gives me a lot of context to deal with them. How much power they actually wield and how much they should, that probably can be debated.