Amid the news of President Trump contracting the coronavirus, Twitter has been suspending accounts for wishing serious bodily harm or death towards him.
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After President Trump tweeted that he and First Lady Melania Trump tested positive for the coronavirus, Twitter users created various jokes, memes, and videos to commemorate the historic moment. However, Twitter admins say it is against the social media platform’s policy to create “content that wishes, hopes or expresses a desire for death, serious bodily harm, or fatal disease against an individual.”
Several other public accounts have condemned the tweets, stating it was insensitive to wish for Trump’s ultimate demise. In a counterargument, other users stated Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic and scientific protocols was a form of “karma” along and his infamous quote “It is what it is” in reference to the 200,000 Americans who died from the virus.
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Twitter users also noted how the site doesn’t apply the same policy to accounts that constantly write death wishes toward former President Barack Obama and other instances.
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
Now that this rule is so public, you might want to get a team to go through and remove all the “I hope Obama dies” that are still up on the site, along with threats to Clinton, etc., not to mention against so many women whose names I couldn’t search individually
— Emily Dreyfuss (@EmilyDreyfuss) October 2, 2020
Most of us black people have had to see the most racist and violent things said to us/our people on here with no repercussions. Please tell us why the same energy isn’t reciprocated for these matters? https://t.co/ENLvvlGGkB
— Obi-Don Kenobi (@areujealous_) October 3, 2020
And yet I know of dozens of journalists, especially women, who receive these and worse on a regular basis. And nothing ever happens to those accounts. I wonder what the difference is … https://t.co/j89H3JsD1z
— Jae-Ha Kim 김재하 (@GoAwayWithJae) October 3, 2020
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RT if you’ve received d3ath & r*pe or general assault & doxing threats on this app, especially as a BLACK, indigenous, POC and/or LGBT person 😒😒😒😒😒 https://t.co/7AgkwV5i4M
— Who is you, Chiron? (@NotLaja) October 3, 2020
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SOURCE: Vice News