Twitter once again placed a label over one of President Donald Trump’s tweets on Tuesday, claiming he violated the platform’s policies against abusive behavior.
Twitter once again placed a label over one of President Donald Trump's tweets on Tuesday, claiming he violated the platform's policies against abusive behavior.The actions have resulted in severe pushback from the president, including an executive order on social media widely seen as a form of retaliation for Twitter's labels.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office before signing an executive order related to regulating social media on May 28, 2020 in Washington, DC. Trump's executive order could lead to attempts to punish companies such as Twitter and Google for attempting to point out factual inconsistencies in social media posts by politicians.
Trump's tweet said that those who try to create an "Autonomous Zone" in Washington, D.C., "will be met with serious force." Twitter claims the tweet violates its rules because it includes a "threat of harm against an identifiable group." The tweet came after a group of protesters on Monday unsuccessfully attempted to pull down a statute of former President Andrew Jackson near the White House. The protesters later tried to claim an area near Black Lives Matter Plaza as a "Black House Autonomous Zone,"
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