If he loses the election, Trump will lose his Twitter “privilege” by not being removed

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Original title: If he loses the election, Trump will lose Twitter’s ‘privilege’ by not being removed

[Artículo / Red de observadores Chen Sijia]Although Biden has achieved obvious advantages, the outcome of the 2020 US election is still unclear. For Trump, this election will not only determine whether he can sit on the throne for another four years, but also whether he can continue to tweet as much as he wants.

Bloomberg pointed out this critical issue in a report on November 5 local time. As president of the United States, Trump has enjoyed a special “immunity” from Twitter for the past four years and will not be forced to remove posts, even if he posts “cross-border information.” But if Biden wins the election, Trump will lose this “privilege” after the presidential transfer of power is completed in January next year.

According to the report, this statement has been confirmed by Twitter.

This “immunity” stems from Twitter management considerations. According to the report, Twitter’s handling of posts by national leaders is different from that of ordinary users. Even some controversial content will remain. This is because the information released by national leaders has some informational value.

A person familiar with the administration of Twitter claimed that unless you post comments promoting terrorism or an obvious threat of violence, “cross-border reporting” from national leaders generally does not affect the normal use of accounts. A Twitter spokesperson said that although this practice violates Twitter’s rules, it is more in the public interest.

Based on this method of processing, various offensive or misleading comments made by Trump as President of the United States are generally processed by bending or flagging Twitter. This approach can effectively reduce the number of tweets and retain the tweets. Spread and reduce the influence of tweets on other political figures.

But if Trump one day becomes a “former national leader,” the situation will be different.

Bloomberg noted that for politicians who have resigned, Twitter will treat them directly as ordinary users. If they post hate speech, incitement to violence, or false information that violates Twitter’s rules, Twitter will remove them. According to Twitter, if Trump loses the election, he will naturally no longer have the “privilege” to speak.

This also means that if Trump, who has become a common user, speaks nonsense, not only will the post be unprotected, but it may also be banned. By Twitter management standards, Trump may well be “sealed forever” if he “doesn’t change after repeated teachings.”

Trump is considered one of the most controversial Twitter users, and his frequent cross-border comments make it quite difficult for Twitter employees. Since the outbreak of anti-racism protests in the United States in May this year, Trump has frequently made several offensive remarks. On May 29, Trump tweeted “Shoot for robbery” in response to robbery at the protest. This tweet was later folded by Twitter for “embellishing the violence.”

　　On May 29, Trump’s “Shoot if it’s a robbery” tweet was dropped.

Since then, Twitter has started a “fight of wits and courage” with Trump, constantly doubling all kinds of cross-border comments, especially after the election began, the frequency of folding reached an unprecedented level.

Now, Trump is tweeting intensively on Twitter, constantly accusing mailed votes of “forgery” and calling for the vote counting to be stopped. And Twitter also repeatedly dubbed Trump’s speeches one after another on the grounds that “controversial content can be misleading.” However, relying on the “immunity” of the president, Trump, who broke the rules so often, has never been banned during this period.

Currently, Biden is almost “a state away” from winning the presidential election, and he still holds the lead in Nevada. At 11:52 p.m. in Beijing, in Pennsylvania and North Carolina, where Trump is leading, Biden has also shown the drive to gradually narrow the gap; in Georgia, Biden has even tied the number of votes, and the number of votes is only behind. Lampe 1800 votes. However, some US media noted that with the inclusion of 275,000 votes in Maricopa County, Arizona, Trump’s gap in Arizona is gradually narrowing.

Although the outcome of the general election has yet to be resolved, this still poses a problem. Bloomberg noted that while Trump’s tweets were fraught with controversy before he took office, after four years in office, his supporters and influence have far exceeded before. If Biden wins this year, no one knows what Trump’s tweets will look like, nor is it clear how Twitter will respond to a “common user” account.

Editor in charge: He Zhongfu