PoliticoTwitter says Donald Trump not immune from getting kicked off
US president regularly uses Twitter to heap abuse on his perceived enemies and at times raise the spectre of violence
This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Nancy Scola and Ashley Gold on politico.com on September 4, 2018.
Twitter said Tuesday that not even US President Donald Trump is immune from being kicked off the platform if his tweets cross a line with abusive behaviour.
The social media company's rules against vitriolic tweets offer leeway for world leaders whose statements are newsworthy, but that “is not a blanket exception for the president or anyone else,” Twitter legal and policy chief Vijaya Gadde told POLITICO in an interview alongside CEO Jack Dorsey.
Trump regularly uses Twitter to heap abuse on his perceived enemies and at times raise the spectre of violence, such as when he tweeted last year that if North Korean leaders continued with their rhetoric at the time, “they won’t be around much longer!”
Critics say the tweets violate Twitter’s terms of service and warrant punitive action.
Dorsey, who was due to testify before two congressional committees Wednesday about his company's content practices, said he receives notifications on his phone for Trump's Twitter account.