Twitter Files Part Five details Trump was deplatformed despite 'no violations of policy'

The recent explosive revelations made by the four parts of Twitter files have stirred a storm all over the world. From revelations regarding Hunter Biden to the saga of de-platforming former US President Donald Trump, the Twitter files have managed to reveal several dark secrets of the much-loved social media networking site. On Monday, new Twitter head Elon Musk shared Part 5 of the Twitter files, in which journalist Bari Weiss revealed more about what went on in the case of de-platforming former US president Trump. Under pressure from hundreds of activist employees, Twitter deplatforms Trump, a sitting US President, even though they themselves acknowledge that he didn’t violate the rules: https://t.co/60PplztV4k — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 12, 2022 Part 5, titled ‘The Removal of Trump from Twitter’ claims that former President was banned way before it was proven that he may have violated Twitter guidelines. The journalist also asserted that the internal pressure to ban Trump can be one of the reasons for the move. According to Weiss, on the morning of January 8, 2021, Trump was “one strike away” from being at risk of permanent suspension from Twitter. She then went on to share the two tweets Donald Trump made that morning. 2. 6:46 am: “The 75,000,000 great American Patriots who voted for me, AMERICA FIRST, and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, will have a GIANT VOICE long into the future. They will not be disrespected or treated unfairly in any way, shape or form!!!” pic.twitter.com/7L252fqqK6 — Bari Weiss (@bariweiss) December 12, 2022 3. 7:44 am: “To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th.” pic.twitter.com/bRF7O4Ijcf — Bari Weiss (@bariweiss) December 12, 2022 In the Twitter files Part 5 thread, Weiss claims that for years, Twitter has been resisting banning the former US President on the ground that blocking a world leader and censoring him would cause a hindrance in sharing important information and enabling space for debate. However, things changed after the January 6 attacks. The social media networking site started witnessing pressures from both inside and outside of the company to ban Trump. Weiss then went on to share numerous chat threads of Twitter staff, pushing for Trump's ban from the social media platform. One of the Twitter employees wrote, "I am still struggling to understand the decision not to ban Trump altogether, given he is inciting people to violence that has led to people being killed. And I think we owe people an explanation externally." Weiss also talked about how The Washington Post revealed that over 300 Twitter employees signed an open letter to the former Twitter CEO and founder Jack Dorsey to ban the twice impeached former US President. 9. After January 6, Twitter employees organized to demand their employer ban Trump. “There is a lot of employee advocacy happening,” said one Twitter employee. pic.twitter.com/x9Xty6ndYP — Bari Weiss (@bariweiss) December 12, 2022 Did Trump violate Twitter guidelines? Amidst all the chaos, a Twitter staff assigned to evaluate tweets concluded that the former president didn’t violate Twitter policies with his two January 8 morning tweets. Weiss shared the chat thread of the whole ordeal. One of the Twitter staffers wrote, “It's pretty clear he's saying the ‘American Patriots’ are the ones who voted for him and not the terrorists (we can call them that, right?) from Wednesday.” Another employee who saw nothing wrong with Trump’s tweet was Anika Navaroli, who later testified to the House on January 6 Committee. Nacaroli defended the organisation's move to suspend Trump and claimed on January 8, 2021 that she is “not seeing clear or coded incitement in the DJT’s tweet”. 14. Another staffer agreed: “Don’t see the incitement angle here.” pic.twitter.com/6mbUU2Tma0 — Bari Weiss (@bariweiss) December 12, 2022 15. “I also am not seeing clear or coded incitement in the DJT tweet,” wrote Anika Navaroli, a Twitter policy official. “I’ll respond in the elections channel and say that our team has assessed and found no vios”—or violations—“for the DJT one.” pic.twitter.com/DnJk2UUuf6 — Bari Weiss (@bariweiss) December 12, 2022 Weiss claimed that things started to escalate shortly after. According to Weiss, Twitter employees from the “scaled enforcement team” later suggested that Trump’s tweet “may have violated Twitter’s Glorification of Violence policy”. The team claimed that the phrase, “American Patriots” can refer to the January 6 rioters. Trump’s fate was sealed following a 30-minute all-staff meeting with Jack Dorsey and Vijaya Gadde, Twitter’s head of legal. In the Twitter thread, Journalist Weiss questioned why the former US president’s account was suspended from Twitter while some of the explosive tweets made by other authoritarian leaders still didn’t lead to their account suspension. Weiss gave examples of tweets posted by Iranian Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. Commenting on the revelations made by the recent files, Musk wrote, “Under pressure from hundreds of activist employees, Twitter deplatforms Trump, a sitting US President, even though they themselves acknowledge that he didn’t violate the rules." 20. In June 2018, Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei tweeted, “#Israel is a malignant cancerous tumor in the West Asian region that has to be removed and eradicated: it is possible and it will happen.” Twitter neither deleted the tweet nor banned the Ayatollah. pic.twitter.com/D6Cb1F05sY — Bari Weiss (@bariweiss) December 12, 2022 21. In October 2020, the former Malaysian Prime Minister said it was “a right” for Muslims to “kill millions of French people.” Twitter deleted his tweet for “glorifying violence,” but he remains on the platform. The tweet below was taken from the Wayback Machine: pic.twitter.com/7tgxgCw9I9 — Bari Weiss (@bariweiss) December 12, 2022

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Twitter Files Part Five details Trump was deplatformed despite 'no violations of policy'

On Monday, the new Twitter head Elon Musk shared Part 5 of the Twitter files, in which journalist Bari Weiss revealed more about how Trump was suspended.

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