Twitter explains why it won’t block ‘world leaders’ — without naming Trump

Twitter explains why it won’t block ‘world leaders’ — without naming Trump

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2018/01/05/twitter-explains-why-it-wont-block-world-leaders-without-naming-trump/

Some Twitter users have called, repeatedly, for the social network to block President Trump's account — but a new statement from Twitter essentially says that is not going to happen.

Twitter has previously responded to complaints about Trump's account by saying that certain users' tweets have a “newsworthiness” value that makes it important to stay online and inform the network's global conversation. Its Friday statement expanded on that idea, though this latest explanation did not mention Trump by name.

Twitter explains why it won’t block ‘world leaders’ — without naming Trump

Jan 5, 2018, 11:21pm UTC
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2018/01/05/twitter-explains-why-it-wont-block-world-leaders-without-naming-trump/ >Some Twitter users have called, repeatedly, for the social network to block President Trump's account — but a new statement from Twitter essentially says that is not going to happen. >Twitter has previously responded to complaints about Trump's account by saying that certain users' tweets have a “newsworthiness” value that makes it important to stay online and inform the network's global conversation. Its Friday statement expanded on that idea, though this latest explanation did not mention Trump by name.