Twitter says Trump is violating its rules against glorifying violence
” and threatened violence in response. “Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts,” tweeted the president. over Floyd’s death with demonstrators in Minneapolis setting buildings on fire and warring with police.
Twitter’s label, below, said the platform had “determined that it may be in the public’s interest for the Tweet to remain accessible.”But the move is sure to escalate tensions between Trump and Twitter, which on TuesdayTrump hit back and accused the platform of “stifling free speech.”in a bid to weaken legal protections for social media companies by pushing the liability for what gets posted onto them.
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