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twitter is doing so much damage by failing to suspend trump's account. nt (Original Post) TomDaisy Nov 2020 OP
I agree. roamer65 Nov 2020 #1
Agreed. Ms. Toad Nov 2020 #2
Yes, but I would argue Facebook is immeasurably worse. All social media OnDoutside Nov 2020 #3
THIS. roamer65 Nov 2020 #4
I see little political stuff on fb, surely nothing offensive. elleng Nov 2020 #5
I think you are probably lucky in the friends you have. I see a lot OnDoutside Nov 2020 #12
Keith Olbermann did a whole rant about this the other week. BigmanPigman Nov 2020 #6
He should've Jamaal510 Nov 2020 #7
Ate they concerned that he would wnylib Nov 2020 #8
The only tweets I ever see are here. cwydro Nov 2020 #9
While he's President, they won't suspend his account. octoberlib Nov 2020 #10
Agree... Mike Nelson Nov 2020 #11
Their excuse was that he's the President Cameliano Nov 2020 #13

Ms. Toad

(34,055 posts)
2. Agreed.
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 03:51 AM
Nov 2020

At a bare minimum, they need to lock all of his election fraud tweets so that they cannot be retweeted or liked. (They did that with at least one tweet he made before the election - related to COVID, I think.)

OnDoutside

(19,949 posts)
3. Yes, but I would argue Facebook is immeasurably worse. All social media
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 04:01 AM
Nov 2020

should be properly accountable but Facebook needs to be broken up, and scattered to the four winds.

elleng

(130,825 posts)
5. I see little political stuff on fb, surely nothing offensive.
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 04:04 AM
Nov 2020

Guess they don't have my number, just friends, family, and nature.

OnDoutside

(19,949 posts)
12. I think you are probably lucky in the friends you have. I see a lot
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 09:19 AM
Nov 2020

of political trolling here in Ireland where Sinn Fein supporters and others on the far left have long since used this tactic to shit all over opposition party Facebook pages. However it's not just political, the widespread posting of anti Vax and anti mask rubbish has contributed to this attack on truth.

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)
7. He should've
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 05:24 AM
Nov 2020

gotten his Twitter taken away long ago, but they gave the BS reason that they didn't because his tweets were "newsworthy". After January 20th, it'll be interesting to see if they finally give him the ban hammer.

octoberlib

(14,971 posts)
10. While he's President, they won't suspend his account.
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 06:26 AM
Nov 2020

Maybe a total of 2% of Americans are actually on Twitter. FoxNews , Rush Limbaugh and OANN do far more damage.

Mike Nelson

(9,949 posts)
11. Agree...
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 06:45 AM
Nov 2020

... I like social media and support free speech. But I agree... Twitter's response is to pit a Warning label on his Tweets, but they are still there and the warnings are not working. FB and Twitter can, and do, remove posts and entire accounts. The Donald should be completely removed. It's past time...

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