Twitter warns that 'tweets wishing for the death of President Trump infected with the new corona cannot be allowed'

On October 2, 2020, US President Donald Trump announced that he was infected with the new coronavirus . In response, Twitter has warned that users will not be allowed to post tweets that would like President Trump to die.

Twitter Says You Cannot Tweet That You Hope Trump Dies From COVID
https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3zynw/twitter-says-you-cannot-tweet-that-you-hope-trump-dies-from-covid

'President Trump has been widely criticized by half of the population for his lazy and cruel policies regarding the pandemic, social justice, and immigration of the new coronavirus,' said Motherboard, a foreign technology media company. Many people would like to be infected with the new coronavirus and die after receiving the news that they did. '

In fact, on Twitter, multiple tweets have been posted hoping that President Trump will be infected with the new coronavirus and die, and such voices have been raised not only by general users but also by celebrities and the media.

Good. They can start with these, all still up as of less than an hour ago. Pic.twitter.com/RGRMfjjbtH

— Alea Iacta Est (@ Truthiness4U) October 3, 2020

In the ' Aggressive Behavior ' section of Twitter's 'General Guidelines and Policies', it is forbidden to post tweets that wish for the death of an individual. It is also explained that users who violate this policy will be in read-only mode, where they will not be able to tweet for a period of time, and eventually their account may be permanently frozen.

Motherboard reported this policy, and Twitter's communications team said, 'Posting tweets that request death, serious physical harm, fatal illness, etc. to an individual violates our policy. The relevant content should be removed, but this does not mean that the account will be automatically frozen, 'he said, explaining that accounts that violate the policy will not be immediately frozen. I am.

tweets that wish or hope for death, serious bodily harm or fatal disease against * anyone * are not allowed and will need to be removed. This does not automatically mean suspension. Https://t.co/lQ8wWGL2y0 https://t. co / P2vGfUeUQf

— Twitter Comms (@TwitterComms) October 2, 2020

Facebook, on the other hand, has rules that focus on celebrities and public figures . 'Bullying and harassment' is basically prohibited on Facebook, but the service will allow offensive postings to public figures and celebrities to some extent 'to allow discussion'. However, as with Twitter, it is forbidden to directly tag a particular public figure and make an aggressive post that wants to die. In other words, Facebook does not allow you to directly tag President Trump and post death-desired posts, but you are allowed to post untagged comments that wish to die. is.

Motherboard asked how strict Twitter would deal with tweets about President Trump, but he said that he did not deal with all tweets. However, for tweets that have clear phrases that encourage actions that may be harmful to the real world, 'We will prioritize the deletion of content.'