Calls for Twitter to ban President Trump are misguided and counterproductive; the biggest threat posed by @realDonaldTrump is to Trump's own presidency
An evening newsletter about Facebook, social networks, and democracy. Valentin GRAFF / France 24 : From the US to North Korea, the myth of the ‘nuclear button’ Ians / Firstpost : Here's why Twitter did not block Donald Trump after his ‘nuclear button’ tweet New York Times : Would Twitter Ever Suspend Trump's Account? Tweets: Will Oremus / @willoremus : Let Trump tweet. http://www.slate.com/... Tony Romm / @tonyromm : @WillOremus some of the very people who argue in favor of twitter banning trump are the same humans who also lament the power of big tech, or big corporations of any sort, or capitalism writ large, and even on a political/ethical/philosophical level, the argument doesn't make sense to me. Tony Romm / @tonyromm : guys @WillOremus is always v good and this is also v good. http://www.slate.com/... lemme feebly try to add one argument to this pile: @slate : Let Trump tweet. Banning his account is a misguided liberal fantasy. http://slate.me/2CB63Hx pic.twitter.com/19ZBAcHBXl Gabriel Roth / @gabrielroth : Banning Trump from Twitter is “a sort of milquetoast revenge fantasy” http://www.slate.com/... Casey Newton / @caseynewton : I made the case against banning Trump from Twitter http://www.getrevue.co/... http://twitter.com/... @mikeisaac : really good. i think a general sense of helplessness from the electorate and inaction from congress has manifested in the public putting the onus on Twitter (which has largely failed to explain itself) http://www.slate.com/... Casey Newton / @caseynewton : So did @WillOremus and it is good http://www.slate.com/... Tony Romm / @tonyromm : @WillOremus you want a gatekeeper, until you don't want a gatekeeper. which is to say, you want to be the gatekeeper for those around you. and so you're lamenting the very power in other contexts that you aspire to have in this one! See also Mediagazer