Twitter says it has permanently suspended Trump's @realDonaldTrump account “due to the risk of further incitement of violence”

The president's preferred megaphone is gone — Twitter permanently banned President Donald Trump Friday days after a pro-Trump mob stormed the US Capitol leaving four dead.

The Verge 2021-01-09

Discussion

@twittersafety @twittersafety on x
After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence. https://blog.twitter.com/...
@donaldjtrumpjr Donald Trump Jr on x
We are living Orwell's 1984. Free-speech no longer exists in America. It died with big tech and what's left is only there for a chosen few. This is absolute insanity! https://twitter.com/...
@microsoft @microsoft on x
It's now safe to turn off your computer.
@twittersafety @twittersafety on x
In the context of horrific events this week, we made it clear on Wednesday that additional violations of the Twitter Rules would potentially result in this very course of action. https://help.twitter.com/...
@yashar @yashar on x
The Trump campaign digital director Gary Coby just had his account suspended by Twitter after he changed his Twitter name to “Donald Trump” and tweeted from his account. https://twitter.com/...
@mtracey Michael Tracey on x
Purging the sitting President from his primary communications platform is absolute authoritarian lunacy
@sarahnemerson Sarah Emerson on x
Of course Jack Dorsey is on an island right now https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@jasonmillerindc Jason Miller on x
Disgusting. Big Tech wants to cancel all 75M @realDonaldTrump supporters. If you don't think they're coming for you next, you're wrong. “Twitter bans President Trump” https://www.axios.com/...
@hillaryclinton Hillary Clinton on x
✔️ https://twitter.com/...
@mattnavarra Matt Navarra on x
I bought a t shirt https://twitter.com/...
@barronjohn1946 John Barron on x
Hello I am brand new to Twitter, what are you guys up to
@faination Joe Faina on x
Donald tried to get on Melania's Twitter but she told him the password was Barron's middle name plus his birthday.
@noupside Renee DiResta on x
So many folks spent the last day asking “What if Twitter bans Trump?” My prediction was that the obvious happens - on social, he creates a Parler account (I personally think the frog platform is prob still a bridge too far), but that he also just leverages OANN/Newsmax.
@amlwhere Ann Marie Lipinski on x
In case you didn't read to the end of the ⁦@Twitter⁩ announcement https://twitter.com/...
@zeynep Zeynep Tufekci on x
Besides the obvious: Thinking how friends in Sri Lanka had told me how they begged Twitter & Facebook to act on accounts instigating ethnic cleansing but often couldn't even get any response and what a coincidence everyone acts one day after Democrats get a legislative trifecta.
@sachabaroncohen Sacha Baron Cohen on x
This is the most important moment in the history of social media. The world's largest platforms have banned the world's biggest purveyor of lies, conspiracies and hate. To every Facebook and Twitter employee, user and advocate who fought for this—the entire world thanks you! http…
@lindseygrahamsc Lindsey Graham on x
Twitter may ban me for this but I willingly accept that fate: Your decision to permanently ban President Trump is a serious mistake. The Ayatollah can tweet, but Trump can't. Says a lot about the people who run Twitter.
@alexstamos Alex Stamos on x
His YouTube page, full of election disinformation, is still up and running. https://twitter.com/...
@sen_joemanchin Senator Joe Manchin on x
Thank you @twitter for taking this action. We must come together as a country to heal and find a common path forward. https://twitter.com/...
@jonathanvswan Jonathan Swan on x
In several of our conversations over the past few years, Trump has said he considers social media — Twitter & FB in particular — to be his most powerful weapon. This will anger him more than perhaps anything that has happened during his presidency. https://www.axios.com/...
@dave_brown24 Dave Brown on x
This is the first time a sitting president has been banned from Twitter going back to 1812
@twittersafety @twittersafety on x
However, we made it clear going back years that these accounts are not above our rules and cannot use Twitter to incite violence. We will continue to be transparent around our policies and their enforcement.
@twittersafety @twittersafety on x
Our public interest framework exists to enable the public to hear from elected officials and world leaders directly. It is built on a principle that the people have a right to hold power to account in the open. https://blog.twitter.com/...
@sachabaroncohen Sacha Baron Cohen on x
Twitter finally banned Trump! We did it! https://twitter.com/...
@starbuxman Josh Long on x
YESSSSS!!! 4 years too late. But, YES @jack, good! this is great! thank you https://twitter.com/...
@donie Donie O'Sullivan on x
A landmark week in social media's power — to provoke violence. And social media company's power — to deplatform the President of the United States.
@zacksjerryrig JerryRigEverything on x
What happens when you take away a child's favorite toy? The world is about to find out. https://twitter.com/...
@davidbegnaud David Begnaud on x
Private companies set their own terms of service and every user agrees to the terms service. https://twitter.com/...
@scottmonty Scott Monty on x
An extraordinary thing to have to admit about a president of the United States. But it was past time. Bravo. https://twitter.com/...
@daveweigel Dave Weigel on x
The Pearl Harbor of posting https://twitter.com/...
@markdice Mark Dice on x
President Trump has been permanently banned from Twitter. The Marxist takeover continues. https://blog.twitter.com/...
@pixelguff @pixelguff on x
HOW DO I SIGN UP TO MASTODON? https://twitter.com/...
@thestalwart Joe Weisenthal on x
Everyone dropping down a notch on the Substack leaderboard
@ericgeller Eric Geller on x
Twitter just banned the president of the United States. Seismic event. https://twitter.com/...
@daveweigel Dave Weigel on x
Remember this? https://www.cnn.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@merry123459 Vicki Campbell on x
Who's in charge of Parler because that's where all his support hangs out. I believe at a time when Trump is inciting violence that Parler should recognize the threat too and block his access. If they don't they'll be one of the only platforms left and will be complicit. https://t…
@scalzi John Scalzi on x
It is the essence of the free market for private entities to dictate without interference from an overbearing government how their services are to be used and by whom and if you don't like it you can do back to whatever socialist commie land you came from https://twitter.com/...
@sacca @sacca on x
Let's be clear, the employees made this happen. Stock markets don't care and pundits don't move the needle. The biggest risk facing tech giants is losing talent. Their armchair-libertarian faux-intellectualism is all well and good until engineers don't want to work there anymore.…
@joshconstine Josh Constine -SignalFire on x
Twitter just banned Trump's account permanently. Now it should transfer the POTUS account and set policy that this happens once each presidential election is certified, prior to Inauguration Day.
@selectedwisdom Clint Watts on x
As you watch Twitter ban Trump, Facebook turning on Trump, and Apple warning Parler for not moderating, that is not because of the Capitol insurrection as much as 2 Senators winning the runoff in GA. #ElectionsMatter
@hunterwalk @hunterwalk on x
*we* deplatformed Trump on Nov 4th glad others are catching up....
@kurtwagner8 Kurt Wagner on x
Comment from Twitter spokesman: “As we've said, using another account to try to evade a suspension is against our rules. We've permanently suspended the @TeamTrump account.”
@waltmossberg Walt Mossberg on x
Twitter's permanent ban on Trump, and Facebook's “indefinite” ban on him, are years too late. Millions have been fed lies and conspiracy theories and given tacit permission to commit acts of hate and violence because the two services dithered so long. They are complicit.
@aj @aj on x
The day has finally come We made twitter great again. Goodbye Trump and good riddance. https://twitter.com/...
@oneunderscore__ Ben Collins on x
A Twitter employee told NBC News that “leadership took a beating” at a meeting with employees this morning, who pleaded with executives to delete Trump's account. “A lot of us are so happy, and so proud to work for a company that did the right thing.” https://www.nbcnews.com/...
@danprimack Dan Primack on x
There's not always a tweet.
@jonahdispatch Jonah Goldberg on x
Again. I'm not sure Twitter made the right call. But arguments this dumb are going to push me into thinking it was essential. https://twitter.com/...
@teamtrump @teamtrump on x
REPEAL SECTION 230 - ENOUGH!
@actually_tina Actually_its_now_sad_winter_time_ Tina on x
I am honestly not happy that twitter and Facebook can just decide to delete a politicians account because they want to. Even with justified cause, that's technically a historical record and its fucking dumb to remove anything without at least an archive. This is concerning tbh
@nitashatiku Nitasha Tiku on x
looking forward to understanding the difference between a permanent suspension, indefinite suspension, and a lifetime ban
@jennifer Jen Rubio on x
Twitter blocking Trump now is like all of his enablers resigning days before their job ends
@thedweck Jess Dweck on x
Congrats to Trump on his first ever consequence
@caseynewton Casey Newton on x
It was the right thing to do. And I'm honestly still kinda in shock that it happened.
@profgalloway Scott Galloway on x
Credit where credit is due: @jack let hate speech and misinformation reign for 1439, of 1460, days.
@bobbybigwheel Aaron on x
The Krassensteins finally did it, they won
@clueheywood Clue Heywood on x
(Mark Zuckerberg hands Jack Dorsey one dollar)
@mikeisaac Rat King on x
the platforms' default position on Trump has been to take very little action against the President for 3.99 years....then all move swiftly in concert with the ban-hammer at the eleventh hour https://twitter.com/...
@petersterne @petersterne on x
I wonder if Twitter should have just disabled his ability to tweet instead of nuking the whole account, given how important his historical tweets are (and how much they've been quote-tweeted and embedded)
@alexgaskarth Alex Gaskarth on x
This is not how the 1st amendment works and you should know this your papa was the presid— wait he's been banned from that too? Oh. Carry on. https://twitter.com/...
@iamwandasykes Wanda Sykes on x
FINALLY! @jack told Trump to STFU! 🙌🏾 Can we put them on a family plan? Don Jr, Ivanka, Eric, Tiffany, Jared, you too Melania...Shut all of those scoundrels down!
@sahilkapur Sahil Kapur on x
Also interesting that Twitter and Facebook decided to get aggressive at enforcing their policies on Donald Trump the very same day Democrats won full control of Washington.
@thedweck Jess Dweck on x
What you're doing to me is Orwellian and I will use the government to make you stop
@cjane87 Jane Coaston on x
An ironic and incorrect sentiment given that Trump is the authority and Twitter is the private company that does not have the monopoly of state violence https://twitter.com/...
@minal_hasan Minal Hasan on x
Hate to say it, but Twitter's suspension of Trump's account doesn't mean the company “finally cares.” Rather, the company likely thinks it may be in potentially serious legal trouble for its role in this week's events. https://twitter.com/...
@shannonrwatts Shannon Watts on x
Remember when people chastised Vice President-elect Kamala Harris for calling for this over a year ago? She was exactly right... https://twitter.com/...
@kellymakena Makena Kelly on x
NEW: Twitter tells me that if Trump tried to circumvent this ban by using @POTUS, the platform would remove these new postings. If Trump made a new account, that account would face a permanent suspension “at first detection,” according to Twitter's rules. https://www.theverge.com…
@danprimack Dan Primack on x
As a response to Trump being banned, this is backward. If you strip Sec 230, social media platforms will ban MORE people, because the platforms could be sued for what's posted on them. Trump could sue for ban, but Twitter's defense wouldn't be 230. It would be owning Twitter. htt…
@ugarles @ugarles on x
first they came for the fascists and, well, I was immediately concerned https://twitter.com/...
@mmasnick Mike Masnick on x
Is he just going to sign up again as RealDonald921908230?
@k8em0 Katie Moussouris on x
Agreed. These social media platforms experimented on brown people with policies & tech designed to maximize ad profit driven by divisions & incitement of violence. They only changed stance when their headquartered country gained enough legislative leverage to pose a legal threat.…
@daphnehk Daphne Keller on x
Why are reporters asking me about speech/reach and the 1st Am? Platforms don't owe anyone opportunity for speech OR reach. The govt trips 1st Am problems by interfering w either one. @noUpside is right to point to those as *platform* options. But it's not a legal distinction.
@pareene @pareene on x
Honestly don't care about them kicking him off but they should've just frozen his account instead. Changed the password and email. We'd still have “nipples protruding”
@mikeisaac Rat King on x
um, Trump apparently began tweeting from the official presidential account, @POTUS, but it appears Twitter cut him off halfway through what he was saying. here's what i got https://twitter.com/...
@gravelinstitute Gravel Institute on x
You can believe both that tech companies have far too much power and that Trump getting banned is a very good thing.
@shaneharris Shane Harris on x
I mean, honestly, he might consider this worse than impeachment.
@pierce David Pierce on x
Twitter's specific reason for banning Trump seems like kind of a stretch. Seems like the next time he tweeted about politics, he was gone — and now here we are https://www.protocol.com/...
@levie Aaron Levie on x
Trump off Twitter will directly add at least 2% to GDP.
@karaswisher Kara Swisher on x
Junior doesn't know the difference between a public square & a private company that decided to finally refuse service to his grifter crew after they trashed the place, much like the mob his dad & he egged on to attack the Capitol. Well, to be fair, the rioters were better behaved…
@jason @jason on x
I think @jack & @twitter managed @realDonaldTrump insanity as best the could—perhaps even perfectly. Trump knew how to dance along the lines of acceptable for years, like a mob boss talking on a bugged phone line, but eventually he lost his mind (due to being a loser). 👏 👏
@joshconstine Josh Constine -SignalFire on x
So this confirms it. Republicans working the refs, falsely alleging “anti-conservative bias” is what stopped Twitter & Facebook from policing lies. No senate control = no fear of regulatory backlash = bans
@gcluley Graham Cluley on x
Hear that noise? That's the sound of thousands of journalists desperately scrabbling to make Parler accounts to see what Donald Trump says next...
@stevenbjohnson Steven Johnson on x
I was an early Twitter user, wrote a cover story for Time in 2009 about how the platform was going to change the world—but even with all that, I couldn't have imagined how consequential this action would be historically. Good for them. And good riddance, @realdonaldtrump. https:/…
@conor64 Conor Friedersdorf on x
A thought exercise for *this is an easy question* folks on the left: if Peter Thiel were CEO of Twitter or Facebook, would you still think *removing a politician who acts very badly has no at least concerning implications beyond the case in question*? Of course not.
@alexrkonrad Alex Konrad on x
all eyes now turn expectantly to LinkedIn.
@mr_berman Matt Berman on x
Would be good for Twitter to find a way still to keep Trump's old tweets online, which are the basis of like millions of news stories which just lost their primary documents.
@sarafischer Sara Fischer on x
All the platforms that have banned or restricted Trump so far ... a running list from me and @ashleyrgold https://www.axios.com/...
@jamesrbuk James Ball on x
I'd say “the absolute bare minimum” would be a fairer description than “the right thing” here, but credit to those who pressured their bosses all the same. https://twitter.com/...
@ashleyfeinberg Ashley Feinberg on x
god i would pay so much money for a video of him the second he found out
@shannonpareil Shannon Bond on x
this is the kind of editorial judgement Dorsey & Zuckerberg resisted making (even as they made all kinds of other editorial judgement) for years. they may not want to frame it that way but it's hard to read it any other way.
@tomgara Tom Gara on x
Mass suspension of Qanon accounts really hitting Rudy's timeline hard https://twitter.com/...
@vijaya Vijaya Gadde on x
The account of @realDonaldTrump has been permanently suspended from Twitter due to the risk of further violence. We've also published our policy enforcement analysis - you can read more about our decision here: https://twitter.com/...
@sarahfrier Sarah Frier on x
Twitter considering the context, not just content, of Trump's two recent tweets. For instance, the one about not going to inauguration may be “encouragement to those potentially considering violent acts that the Inauguration would be a ‘safe’ target, as he will not be attending”
@austen Austen Allred on x
Imagine what it's gonna be like next time Jack and Zuck are called before Congress
@mattblaze Matt Blaze on x
Now that Twitter has booted Trump, the next 24 hours will be devoted exclusively to people who don't understand the First Amendment explaining the First Amendment to people who do. And election Twitter gets a well-needed day off.
@repwilson Rep Frederica Wilson on x
Trump used Twitter as a weapon. Now he has been disarmed! https://twitter.com/...
@m_feeney Matthew Feeney on x
A few points to keep in mind re: tonight's Trump Twitter news. - The First Amendment, not #Section230, allows Twitter and other interactive computer services to moderate and remove content. - There is no distinction between “platforms” and “publishers” under 230
@pierce David Pierce on x
I think it's the right thing to do, and Twitter should have done it a long time ago. It just looks like Twitter decided to ban him permanently on Wednesday, and just needed to buy a couple of days to make a plan
@adamserwer @adamserwer on x
The thing he absolutely wants to do the most right now is tweet angrily about being suspended from twitter and he cannot
@parkermolloy Parker Molloy on x
For years people have asked what it would take for Twitter to actually enforce its own rules when it comes to Trump's account. The answer turned out to be inciting a terrorist attack on the US Capitol. https://twitter.com/...
@bcmerchant Brian Merchant on x
deeply impressive how the tech companies constantly triangulate their policies and positions and end up doing the thing that is absolutely the worst for them on both fronts — they abet authoritarianism to all but the bitter end AND give conservatives a reason to crow ‘censorship’…
@ashleyfeinberg Ashley Feinberg on x
deeply concerned over this gross act of deplatforming, if only the president had some sort of room, perhaps in the very same building in which he sleeps, where representatives from every major media outlet existed solely to broadcast his words to the public—ah but alas
@staceyplaskett Rep. Stacey Plaskett on x
Just a thought but, maybe a person deemed not responsible enough to use Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram might not be stable enough to hold the office of President. #25th
@lsanger Larry Sanger on x
This is the end of Twitter. It was OK while it lasted. You'll always be able to find me on https://larrysanger.org/, folks. https://twitter.com/...
@elienyc Elie Mystal on x
Trump is going through the Twitter feeds if his staff like Voldemort asking his Death Eaters for their wands. https://twitter.com/...
@eliothiggins Eliot Higgins on x
Gab and Parler now get to fight to the death over who gets to host Trump.
@williamturton William Turton on x
Now we know the threshold for a world leader to be permanently banned from Twitter: incite a riot inside the main legislative building that leaves 5 people dead.
@geoffreyfowler Geoffrey A. Fowler on x
One of many questions about this for @jack & @TwitterSafety: Is a permanent suspension the same thing as a lifetime ban? https://twitter.com/...
@susan_hennessey Susan Hennessey on x
In permanently suspending Trump's account (and his 88.7 Million followers) Twitter has deprived Trump of a major avenue for monetizing the presidency after he leaves office. Those howls of rage you hear coming from the White House are about $$$, not free speech.
@brynneridley Brynne Ridley on x
@TwitterSafety @realDonaldTrump Just so we're clear, this is an admission that you were ALWAYS capable of doing this and simply chose not to
@fboversight @fboversight on x
The ball is in your court, Zuckerberg.
@rmac18 @rmac18 on x
It's just fuckin unreal how bad his timing is on this stuff. From going on a silent meditation retreat in a country where social media abetted a genocide to vacationing during a pandemic AND an attempted coup encouraged on his platform, you just really have to applaud the guy. ht…
@caseynewton Casey Newton on x
@vijaya @realDonaldTrump thank you for doing the right thing
@chrislhayes Chris Hayes on x
I can guarantee you no private Chinese firm would be able to kick Xi off their platform! https://twitter.com/...
@trumpsalert Trump Alert on x
Did I code this bot to elegantly deal with Trump's account being suspended? Er, let's wait and find out together I guess.
@zackwhittaker Zack Whittaker on x
He still has the nuclear codes though.
@ditzkoff Dave Itzkoff on x
DID ANYONE SAVE THE ROB PATTINSON/KRISTEN STEWART TWEETS
@bobbybigwheel Aaron on x
Peter Thiel is on the Facebook board and Republican henchman Joel Kaplan has been forcing the platform to promote conservative news and make sure right wingers can spread lies and hatred for almost a decade. This is actually worse than the scenario Conor outlines below. https://t…
@qhardy Quentin Hardy on x
Also known as “Full Covfefe.” https://twitter.com/...
@alexstamos Alex Stamos on x
@jack makes it final. https://twitter.com/...
@kellymakena Makena Kelly on x
NEW: It appears as though Trump tweeted from the @POTUS account. These tweets have now since been deleted/removed. Waiting to hear from Twitter: https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@mjs_dc Mark Joseph Stern on x
The account used to ban transgender Americans from the armed forces is gone forever and I'm taking a fuck ton of satisfaction in that right now.
@gabedelahaye Gabe Delahaye on x
BREAKING: Donald Trump has been suspended from Waze.
@markellislive Mark Ellis on x
Looking forward to tons of tweets from new user @DefinitelyNotDonnyT https://twitter.com/...
@sewellchan Sewell Chan on x
Will we be able to find his old tweets? Can we give @USNatArchives control of the account for posterity? And for the truth and reconciliation commission.
@willoremus Will Oremus on x
This is not to say that banning Trump is the wrong call. I think there's a very strong case for it. But that case has very little to do with the platforms' existing rules or prior statements. It's a subjective, editorial judgment—the kind that media companies make all the time. h…
@rmac18 @rmac18 on x
Going to be interesting when Trump and his supporters argue Twitter is too powerful given this characterization in 2016. https://twitter.com/...
@b_fung Brian Fung on x
Live footage of Twitter vs. Trump https://twitter.com/...
@jamespindell James Pindell on x
No one should praise Twitter. Had Trump won they would not have done this. Dems have full control and Twitter is scared of being regulated in a way they don't like. This was easy. > Permanent suspension of @realDonaldTrump https://blog.twitter.com/...
@m_feeney Matthew Feeney on x
- Twitter is nothing like a “public forum.” Not even close. Look up Marsh v. Alabama. - Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, etc. are no “monopolies.” They are competitors. - Trump and his allies have many services to choose from when it comes to communicating on the Internet
@steve_vladeck Steve Vladeck on x
Does he know that he can walk into the press room and start talking into a camera? https://twitter.com/...
@joyannreid @joyannreid on x
You realize you're freely tweeting this, on Twitter, right?? https://twitter.com/...
@clarajeffery Clara Jeffery on x
Peter Thiel is *literally* on the board of Facebook https://twitter.com/...
@antoniogm @antoniogm on x
Facebook is the House of public opinion. Twitter is the Senate.
@samfbiddle Sam Biddle on x
Twitter just sent a VERY POWERFUL message to every budding authoritarian: You WILL be held accountable after you're 99.99% done with your time in government and your party has lost control of the legislature
@briantylercohen Brian Tyler Cohen on x
Looks like someone is TRIGGERED. https://twitter.com/...
@adamparkhomenko Adam Parkhomenko on x
This tweet is going to set a new record on twitter https://twitter.com/...
@levie Aaron Levie on x
“Government is inefficient we should let the private markets compete instead.” “I don't like it when private companies decide to do the things they want.”
@glcarlstrom Gregg Carlstrom on x
You can be a near-absolutist on free speech but recognize that there is a compelling case (with legal precedent) for booting Trump off this platform, and you can be deeply uncomfortable with the power of tech companies but recognize that this isn't a First Amendment question
@briannawu Brianna Wu on x
Trump, just ask @MittRomney for his Pierre Delecto Twitter password.
@jpbrammer @jpbrammer on x
in terms of public safety this is good and in terms of shitposts the library of Alexandria has been torched
@popehat BannedHat on x
Waiting for series of Trump thoughts filtered through Eric, which will be like trying to figure out what Pol Pot is saying by hearing the interpretive barks of a labradoodle
@davidklion David Klion on x
Thinking, as I often do, about the Krassensteins right now
@pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings on x
The President is one of the most powerful people in the world, he has a briefing room and most networks will carry anything he says at the drop of a hat. This isn't “censoring the president”. It's twitter saying “not on my platform”.
@mmasnick Mike Masnick on x
I had some thoughts about Twitter's decision. I wrote a post. https://www.techdirt.com/...
@donaldjtrumpjr Donald Trump Jr on x
So the ayatollah, and numerous other dictatorial regimes can have Twitter accounts with no issue despite threatening genocide to entire countries and killing homosexuals etc... but The President of the United States should be permanently suspended. Mao would be proud.
@jameeljaffer Jameel Jaffer on x
Another way to look at this is that forcing publishers to publish the government's speech is what happens in China. https://twitter.com/...
@emilydreyfuss Emily Dreyfuss on x
In determining whether to ban Trump's account permanently, @Twitter took into account statements made off platform. We need all social platforms to do this more proactively. Often what is planned in a semi private space has bearing on the open web. https://blog.twitter.com/... ht…
@stevekopack Steve Kopack on x
Jack Dorsey is on a remote island as the company he runs bans Donald Trump, his campaign, and deletes tweets from @POTUS? https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@laurenthehough Lauren Hough on x
“All the other genocidal dictators have Twitter accounts” is a hell of a take https://twitter.com/...
@maxkennerly Max Kennerly on x
Yep. Banning a political figure is a complex, unique decision. Putting aside First Amendment issues—because there are none—I'm not troubled by the larger free speech implications because LOOK WHAT IT TOOK TO GET HERE. He deliberately incited an insurrection! He got people killed!…
@lukelpearson @lukelpearson on x
Yes, the government should decide who gets to speak on privately owned social platforms... I mean, I wish there was a govt agency responsible for choosing who gets to host IndigenousX or write articles for our website. It would be an Orwellian dream, as the saying goes. https://t…
@lyssaslounge Katharina Borchert on x
Finally!! Quite late in the game and after leaving a trail of devastation. But yes, it's done. #TrumpOverAndOut https://twitter.com/...
@micsolana Mike Solana on x
an absolutely terrifying precedent https://twitter.com/...
@lukelpearson @lukelpearson on x
Also, there is no real precedent here. Privately owned media, including social media, have always reserved the right to prevent people from making comment on their platforms. The only precedent is that it happened to a sitting US president. https://twitter.com/...
@chrisfralic Chris Fralic on x
How it started “Just setting up my twttr” - @jack How it's going https://blog.twitter.com/...
@wongmjane Jane Manchun Wong on x
Photo of Jack being on a remote island https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@morningmoneyben Ben White on x
Twitter's full explanation is quite interesting. I hadn't thought of the inauguration tweet as potential incitement but it makes sense. Permanent suspension of @realDonaldTrump https://blog.twitter.com/...
@samfbiddle Sam Biddle on x
this entire explanation is so completely incoherent, it really just drives home the point that 99% of Facebook and Twitter's “rules” are determined by “whatever will make people yell at us the least amount” https://blog.twitter.com/...
@alexleavitt Alex Leavitt, Ph.D. on x
If you care about social media moderation, read this adjudication. They *interpret* speech. That interpretive move from explicit content evaluation to implicit meaning is one of the most important decisions in content moderation policy enforcement in years https://blog.twitter.co…
@karaswisher Kara Swisher on x
This explanation by Twitter is chilling. They concluded that his obvious dog whistling today to supporters was encouraging a second coup attempt on 1/17 in DC: Permanent suspension of @realDonaldTrump https://blog.twitter.com/...
@jameeljaffer Jameel Jaffer on x
Excellent. Worth reading. https://twitter.com/...
@wired @wired on x
Two days after a mob of Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol, Twitter permanently banned Donald Trump “due to the risk of further incitement of violence.” The pair of tweets that did him in, however, wouldn't even crack his thousand most egregious: https://www.wired.com/...
@goangelo Angelo Carusone on x
So here is the thing people on Twitter need to understand. If you screenshot Trump's parler posts and then share them on Twitter, you are serving as a horocrux for Trump. You are also defeating the purpose of having him removed in first place. Don't do that. https://twitter.com/.…
@gesfandiari Golnaz Esfandiari on x
“Without the tweets, I wouldn't be here,” Mr. Trump told The Financial Times in April 2017. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@emptywheel Dr. emptywheel on x
If Twitter has proof that Donald Trump is involved in planning a[nother] terrorist attack for January 17, they need to share that with the House for impeachment purposes. https://blog.twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@nxthompson @nxthompson on x
The Tweets that got Trump banned were not in his top 1000 most egregious. Given the week, and how the Tweets were interpreted, one can see why Twitter did it. But it's not a sustainable model for content moderation. https://www.wired.com/...
@carnage4life Dare Obasanjo on x
The analysis of his last two tweets was stellar. It didn't even cross my mind that the reason for announcing he wouldn't be attending the inauguration was to send a signal that it was safe for a no holds barred attack https://blog.twitter.com/...
@alex_gibson Alex Gibson on x
“We need solutions that don't start after untold damage has been done. Changing these dangerous dynamics requires more than just the temporary silencing or permanent removal of bad actors from social media platforms.” https://blog.mozilla.org/...
@iainthomson Iain Thomson on x
“The real complaint shouldn't be about Twitter or Facebook acting too late, but about Congress failing to do their job and remove the mad man from power.” Excellent piece by @mmasnick on today's ban whack-a-mole. https://www.techdirt.com/... via @Techdirt
@nfergus Niall Ferguson on x
I have read intelligent defenses of the cancellation of Trump by @mmasnick https://www.techdirt.com/... and @benthompson: https://stratechery.com/...
@lmatsakis Louise Matsakis on x
I think @mmasnick is right: Asking any of these platforms to abide by consistent rules for every case is never, ever going to work. Twitter banned Trump not because he crossed a predetermined line — it was because the context changed https://www.techdirt.com/... https://twitter.c…
@mozilla @mozilla on x
This week we saw the culmination of a four-year disinformation campaign orchestrated by the President. We have to acknowledge how the internet was misused to get here. And we have to change it. https://blog.mozilla.org/...
@jilliancyork Jillian C. York on x
Here's @EFF's statement on social media platforms' decisions to remove Trump's accounts. A reminder that this is NOT unprecedented; it's happened abroad before. https://www.eff.org/...
@aditis90 Aditi Shrivastava on x
Trump is, perhaps, the perfect example of why demanding clear rules on social media and how they moderate is stupid, writes @mmasnick 👇 https://twitter.com/...
@petersuderman Suderman on x
I think this somewhat overstates the difficult of setting clear rules that apply in most ordinary cases. But this is good. Trump's case was inevitably going to be sui generis, and no one size fits all rulebook could have managed it without some contortions. https://twitter.com/..…
@benthompson Ben Thompson on x
I completely agree with everything Mike wrote here. https://twitter.com/...
@eff @eff on x
EFF's statement on social media platforms' recent blocking of the president's accounts: https://www.eff.org/...
@twittersafety @twittersafety on x
In regard to the ongoing situation in Washington, D.C., we are working proactively to protect the health of the public conversation occurring on the service and will take action on any content that violates the Twitter Rules.
@caseynewton Casey Newton on x
I hope @jack listens. https://twitter.com/...
@conceptualjames James Lindsay on x
They put themselves on a list! https://twitter.com/...
@andrewthesmart @andrewthesmart on x
as a former employee @jack, can i just say cut the “protecting the health of the public conversation” bullshit and ban the fascist dictator inciting violence and trying to take over the country already? https://twitter.com/...
@charliegilenbc Charlie Gile on x
I'd imagine this doesn't help Trump's future political plans. https://twitter.com/...
@wm_sadler William Sadler on x
At last. Good riddance. https://twitter.com/...
@thepaulajones @thepaulajones on x
This isn't calling for destruction this tweet was asking for peaceful protest! The media will have you think that he agitated the protestors to be violent! Out right LIE from the media! 🌎🔥🤨 https://twitter.com/...
@goldman Jason Goldman on x
Good! As with impeachment, there's a limited window to recognize that unless we do what's necessary, and quickly, we will let the same things happen again. https://twitter.com/...
@kushaanshah Kushaan Shah on x
Not to be obtuse but like.. did this man not partake in multiple financing rounds for Twitter? Wouldn't “I've called and left Jack Dorsey a voicemail” be more effective than tweeting him? https://twitter.com/...
@ahiza_garcia Ahiza Garca-Hodges on x
Twitter's move follows “years of public pressure and several attempts to limit the reach of his account...Hundreds of employees [urged] CEO Jack Dorsey to ban [Trump] for using the platform to incite violence in the wake of the Capitol siege.” @BrandyZadrozny @oneunderscore__ htt…
@kbeninato Karen DaltonBeninato on x
He'll take this worse than prison and the second impeachment. https://twitter.com/...
@ahiza_garcia Ahiza Garca-Hodges on x
Here's @oneunderscore__'s developing story on Twitter's decision to permanently suspend Trump: https://twitter.com/...
@slpng_giants @slpng_giants on x
Amazing that @jack is suspending everyone around the person responsible for the coup on Tuesday, but not the person himself. This is so incredibly transparent, @Twitter
@ericajoy @ericajoy on x
shout out to these folks at twitter. trump has done enough damage and if you let him keep the megaphone, he will continue to do more. take away his megaphone @jack. https://twitter.com/...
@saraashleyo Sara Ashley O'Brien on x
“Employees also requested an investigation into the past several years of corporate actions that led to Twitter's role in the insurrection” https://twitter.com/...
@isabel_ebert Isabel Ebert on x
Also in countries beyond the US, conflict zones/election campaigning, @TwitterSafety & @facebook need to demonstrate strong managerial efforts to uphold rights-respecting conduct e.g. scale up resources & human oversight for content governance in diverse languages #bizhumanrights…
@wkamaubell W. Kamau Bell on x
Well, that escalated slowly! https://www.nbcnews.com/...
@keziyahl Keziyah on x
So it was the workers who made this happen. https://twitter.com/...
@deelarry_ Debbie Larry-Izamoje on x
So proud of Sacca for calling out his colleagues. It got Jack to finally do the right thing. https://twitter.com/...
@markszaidesq Mark S. Zaid on x
Can you imagine how better our country would have been if this had been done sooner? Still, I applaud the decision. Now do Parlor, 4chan and every other hate-filled social network. https://twitter.com/...
@clarajeffery Clara Jeffery on x
they did it because Democrats are about to control Congress and the White House. https://twitter.com/...
@mathewi Mathew Ingram on x
I find it fascinating that Facebook — whose CEO spoke passionately about his commitment to free-speech principles — has blocked Trump's account, and Twitter — which long ago ceased to be the “free speech wing of the free speech party — has not https://www.theverge.com/...
@oneunderscore__ Ben Collins on x
BREAKING: Twitter is taking dramatic action on remaining QAnon accounts for breaking their “Coordinated Harmful Activity” rules, some of whom heavily promoted Wednesday's storming of the Capitol. Mike Flynn, Sidney Powell, 8kun's Ron Watkins banned. Twitter's statement below: htt…
@brandyzadrozny Brandy Zadrozny on x
Breaking: Twitter is nuking the biggest QAnon accounts for “Coordinated Harmful Activity,” some of whom promoted the Capitol riots. General Flynn, Sidney Powell, Ron Watkins, included. Twitter's statement: https://twitter.com/...
@oneunderscore__ Ben Collins on x
Twitter will be banning major accounts that push QAnon on the platform after its followers stormed the Capitol on Wednesday, explicitly plotting it for weeks on various social media networks.
@alkapdc Alex Kaplan on x
Major QAnon accounts that have been banned since this was announced already include: -QAnon76 -Praying Medic -intheMatrixxx -WeTheInevitable (who has ban evaded more than 20 times) https://twitter.com/...
@oneunderscore__ Ben Collins on x
Ron Watkins, who runs the site where Q from QAnon posts and whom many believe may be Q himself, is now also banned from Twitter. He spent the last month targeting private citizens with claims of election fraud. He lives in Japan and runs 8kun, a site born in the Philippines.
@libshipwreck Librarianshipwreck on x
You don't need to give Twitter much credit for taking out a fire extinguisher in the middle of a raging wildfire, after they've happily provided arsonists and pyromaniacs with a steady supply of gasoline, oily rags, and matches for years... https://twitter.com/...
@alkapdc Alex Kaplan on x
Major Patriot & Qtah have also been banned. “Mel Q,” who has been ban evading, is still up. https://twitter.com/...
@alkapdc Alex Kaplan on x
Although Ron Watkins has been banned, his father and 8kun owner Jim Watkins remains on the platform. Jim Watkins has used his Twitter account to promote QAnon. https://twitter.com/...
@kyledcheney Kyle Cheney on x
Two of these people (Flynn/Powell) were advising the president in the Oval Office a couple weeks ago. The third was retweeted repeatedly by the president in recent weeks to fuel lies about election fraud. https://twitter.com/...
@sallyshin Sally Shin on x
BREAKING: new from @BrandyZadrozny @oneunderscore__ Twitter bans Michael Flynn, Sidney Powell in QAnon account purge https://www.nbcnews.com/...
@melissaryan Melissa Ryan on x
Only 48 hours after they helped incite a coup and weeks after they were calling for martial law. #coolcoolcoolcoolcool https://twitter.com/...
@alkapdc Alex Kaplan on x
X22 Report, which may have rivaled QAnon76 for the most followers of remaining QAnon accounts on Twitter (more than a half million), has also been banned.
@jbillinson Josh Billinson on x
Now that all those horses are out of the way, I can get around to securing this stable door https://twitter.com/...
@oneunderscore__ Ben Collins on x
Mike Flynn had taken an “oath” QAnon last year. He and Sidney Powell advised the president on attempts to override the election in the last month. Powell is now being sued by Dominion Voting Systems for $1.3 billion. Major players in the Q universe, both now banned from Twitter.
@zaackhunt Zack Hunt on x
It's like Christmas just keeps coming over and over and over again. https://twitter.com/...
@mcwm Mike Murphy on x
can twitter just block his phone's IP ?
@scottbudman Scott Budman on x
Update: Donald Trump has now tried to tweet from these accounts, but they have all been deleted or suspended. #TrumpBanned - @realDonaldTrump - @POTUS - @thedonalddotwin - @garycoby - @TeamTrump

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