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martyb [soylentnews.org] writes:

Twitter CEO Dodges Question About Banning Trump if He Called for Murder [cnet.com]:

Twitter has faced numerous calls to boot President Donald Trump off the platform over allegations that he's spreading hate speech or inciting violence [cnet.com], but the tech company has stopped short of barring the politician or pulling down his tweets.

Twitter has to weigh whether Trump's tweets are newsworthy, and even Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has stressed the importance [cnet.com] of hearing from leaders directly. 

But what if Trump tweeted that his followers should murder a journalist? Would that be enough to get him barred? 

"That would be a violent threat. We'd definitely ... You know we're in constant communication with all governments around the world. So we'd certainly talk about it," Dorsey said in a lengthy Q&A [huffingtonpost.com] with The Huffington Post.

When pressed again about the question, the tech mogul said, "I'm not going to talk about the particulars."

Doing this interview was my push, not our Comms team. I knew it would be tough. I don’t care about looking bad. I care about being open about how we’re thinking about what we see. These answers represent our current state. What we know, what we don’t, and what we need to improve.

— jackie no edits (@jack) January 17, 2019 [twitter.com]

Twitter, like other social networks, grapples with what posts to leave up or pull down for violating its rules about harassment, hate speech and violence. But these companies have also been accused of suppressing conservative speech.

Maybe keep it simple: "Say what you mean, mean what you say, but don't say it mean."

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