Published 16:12 IST, October 17th 2019
Twitter rejects Kamala Harris demand, won't suspend Trump's account
Twitter decided not to suspend the account of Donald Trump after Senator Kamala Harris wrote a letter to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey claiming violation of rules.
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Twitter has decided t to suspend account of US President Donald Trump after Senator Kamala Harris wrote a letter to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, claiming that Trump’s tweets violated terms of user agreement. Twitter, in a statement, said that actions of world leers on Twitter are ‘largely new ground and unprecedented’. “We understand desire for our decisions to be ‘yes/’ binaries, but it’s t that simple,” said Twitter.
Accountability of big tech companies
Kamala Harris has repeatedly accused US President of inciting violence, threatening witnesses and obstructing justice through social media platform. “We can't crack down on Facebook but turn a blind eye to Twitter. Big tech companies must be held accountable for how y allow him to abuse ir platforms,” tweeted Senator from California.
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Letter to Jack Dorsey
On September 29, Trump, in a series of tweets, said that if Democrats get successful in removing President from office, “it will cause a Civil War like fracture” in nation. In a letter to Dorsey, Harris said tweets were blatant threats and that “we need a civil society, t a civil war.”
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“se tweets represent a clear intent to baselessly discredit whistleblower and officials in our government who are following proper channels to report allegations of presidential impropriety, all while making blatant threats that put people at risk and our democracy in danger,” wrote Harris.
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Twitter's response to letter
Twitter said that account of world leers are t above company’s policies, but y also have a responsibility to people who use Twitter to better explain why y make decisions y make.
“If a tweet from a world leer does violate Twitter Rules but re is a clear public interest value to keeping tweet on service, we may place it behind a tice that provides context about violation and allows people to through should y wish to see content,” said Twitter, pointing towards its June anuncement where it h defined ‘public interest on Twitter.’
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15:52 IST, October 17th 2019