[LINK] “Twitter Says You Cannot Tweet That You Hope Trump Dies From COVID”

[Ivan Trundle]

And funny how Twitter is only now doing this publicly: to date it’s fallen on deaf ears. Double standards, yet again.

There are plenty of examples of people receiving ‘wish you were dead’ tweets (and worse). It’s run-of-the-mill stuff for many minority figures, world leaders, and politicians (on both sides of any fence):

https://twitter.com/ava/status/1312226894750740480

(etc: too many to choose from)


 



> On 3 Oct 2020, at 4:07 pm, Roger Clarke <Roger.Clarke at xamax.com.au> wrote:
> 
> On 3/10/20 3:38 pm, Stephen Loosley wrote:
>> vice.com:   “Twitter Says You Cannot Tweet That You Hope Trump Dies From COVID”
>> 
>> Wonder what Link thinks  😊
> 
> Can't politely ... ?
> 
> Can't morally ... ?
> 
> Can't without sacrificing claims to humanity / Christian values / ... ?
> 
> Oh, they mean 'we're using Artificial Stupidity to intercept attempted
> Tweets of that nature before they're broadcast'.  Silly me.
> 
> 
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