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May 29, 2020 01:59 pm GMT

Twitter hid Trump's violent tweet. Why won't Facebook?

Twitter hid Trump's violent tweet. Why won't Facebook?

Donald Trump encouraged violence and Twitter said enough. Facebook did nothing. 

On Thursday night, after heated protests over the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Trump tweeted that he wouldn't let "THUGS" dishonor Floyd's memory. Calling it a dog whistle is too generous; it was plainly racist

But that's not what caused Twitter to hide Trump's tweet.  He also wrote, "Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts." (Emphasis mine.)

Twitter hid the tweet from view on Trump's timeline for "glorifying violence." The tweet remains on the site, however, as Twitter said "it may be in the public's interest for the Tweet to remain accessible." Later, Twitter did the same thing to White House's official account, which shared the same violent message.  Read more...

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