Censorship of Twitter: Difference between revisions

Under Twitter's [[Terms of Service]] which requiring users agreement, Twitter retains the right to temporarily or permanently suspend user accounts based on violations.<ref name="dailydot 2012-06">{{Cite web |last=Holt |first=Kris |date=June 12, 2012 |title=Dirty digital politics: How users manipulate Twitter to silence foes |url=https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/twitter-politics-report-spam-user-ban/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181212081305/https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/twitter-politics-report-spam-user-ban/ |archive-date=December 12, 2018 |website=The Daily Dot}}</ref> One such example took place on December 18, 2017, when it banned the accounts belonging to [[Paul Golding]], [[Jayda Fransen]], [[Britain First]], and the [[Traditionalist Worker Party]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Opinion {{!}} Why I'm done with Twitter's black hole of outrage|url=https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/twitter-keeps-riding-line-between-moderation-censorship-n1273434|access-date=November 13, 2021|website=MSNBC.com|date=July 12, 2021 |language=en}}</ref> [[Donald Trump]], the former [[President of the United States]], faced a limited degree of censorship in 2019, and following the [[2021 storming of the United States Capitol]] has been completely suspended on January 8, 2021, according to an interpretation of two tweets by moderation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://loomered.com/2019/12/17/twitter-suspends-account-retweeted-by-president-trump/|title=Twitter Suspends Account Retweeted By President Trump |date=December 17, 2019|website=Loomered}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/6/27/18761360/donald-trump-twitter-policy-censorship-rules|title=Twitter won't censor Trump's rule-breaking tweets, but it will make them harder to find|first=Theodore|last=Schleifer|date=June 27, 2019|website=Vox}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Trump|first=Donald|date=January 8, 2021|title=Donald Trump's twitter page|url=https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump|access-date=January 8, 2021|website=[[Twitter]]}}</ref> Trump has used the platform extensively as a means of communication, and has escalated tensions with other nations through his tweets.<ref>{{Cite webnews|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/for-trump-and-iran-trolling-on-twitter-helped-escalate-tensions-on-the-battlefield/2020/01/09/04e81552-32f6-11ea-a053-dc6d944ba776_story.html|title=For Trump and Iran, trolling on Twitter helped escalate tensions on the battlefield|first=David|last=Nakamura|viadate=www.washingtonpost.comJanuary 9, 2020|work=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> On January 8, 2021, at 6:21 EST, Twitter permanently suspended Trump's personal Twitter account.<ref>{{Cite news|date=January 9, 2021|title=Twitter permanently suspends Trump's account|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55597840|access-date=January 9, 2021}}</ref>{{efn|On November 20, 2022, Elon Musk lifted Trump's ban.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-11-20 |title=Musk lifts Donald Trump's Twitter ban |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-63692369 |access-date=2024-09-07 |work=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref>}} The President then posted four status updates on the POTUS Twitter account which were subsequently removed. Twitter said they would not suspend government accounts, but will "instead take action to limit their use."<ref>{{Cite web|author=Brian Fung|title=Twitter bans President Trump permanently|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/08/tech/trump-twitter-ban/index.html|access-date=January 9, 2021|website=CNN|date=January 8, 2021 }}</ref>