Comment Re:So Twitter FB decide when to ban Biden too ? (Score 2) 583
Exactly!
One of the tweets they deleted was Trump complaining that Pence didn't have the courage to give States a chance to certify a corrected set of facts. Which Twitter rule did that break? He didn't call for violence, or for anyone to do anything, he just threw Pence under the bus. Putting their little "This claim is disputed" message under it would have been fine (because Trump is full of it here), and they did that, but delete it as well?
The video they deleted is basically the closest you'll ever see Trump admit defeat, sure he claims voting fraud since that's his narrative, but he's telling people to calm down and go home. How is that a violation of Twitter's rules? If I was a serious Trump supporter in DC I would have watched that video and gone home, instead MAGA people get to point out that Twitter is deleting the presidents tweets and this is just all part of the larger conspiracy and voter fraud...Good job @Jack!
Either give elected officials complete freedom of speech (other than what's illegal) on Twitter, or remove their blue check marks and let your normal rules deal with what they post. Yes it's really tough being the arbiter of democracy, so don't do it. Twitter got an inflated sense of self worth after the Arab Spring, and now they want to play global politics by the rules they set for themselves. That's not good.