Twitter says users are not allowed to openly hope for Trump’s death on the platform and that tweets that do so « will have to be removed ».
Twitter has categorically said that it will proactively remove tweets by those who wish for US President Donald Trump’s death on the platform and will put their accounts into a « read only » mode for violating its policies. After Trump announced on Friday that he and his wife Melania Trump had tested positive for Covid-19, several people took to Twitter, openly calling for Trump’s death from the deadly respiratory disease. Twitter told Motherboard on Saturday that users are not allowed to openly hope for Trump’s death on the platform and that tweets that do so « will have to be removed ». On its ‘abusive behaviour’ policy page, Twitter says: « We do not tolerate content that wishes, hopes or expresses a desire for death, serious bodily harm or fatal disease against an individual or group of people.
