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That’s not what he said. If I say “Twitter should not ban shepardrtc”, I am not saying that Twitter should not ban you no matter what you do. As for Trump, the
by marcoperaza 9y ago
That’s not what he said. If I say “Twitter should not ban shepardrtc”, I am not saying that Twitter should not ban you no matter what you do.
As for Trump, there is certainly a case for treating his account differently. He is the President of the United States. These aren’t the musings of someone who doesn’t matter. They are the thoughts, intentions, and announcements of the most powerful man in the world. In the same way that Twitter wouldn’t censor horrifying but true news, they shouldn’t censor the President. Anything that the President tweets is news.
Imagine if they banned him and he moved to another site. Would Twitter then ban people for reporting, on Twitter, what the President said?
- panic 9y agoI agree that they should treat his account differently, but in the other direction. The fact that his words matter so much means they should be held to a higher standard, not a lower one.
- GSimon 9y agobut a higher standard of what? His words will be more scrutinized but beyond that should a higher standard of censorship be implored? If that's the underlying suggestion than who's this arbiter of good speech and how might that go about working?
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