20210109 Trump: 'We Will Not Be Silenced!'
Trump Goes on Twitter Tirade from POTUS Account: 'We Will Not Be Silenced!
Donald
Trump went on a Twitter tirade via the @POTUS account Friday night to bash
Twitter just hours after the social media platform permanently suspended his
@realDonaldTrump account.
"We
will not be SILENCED! Twitter is not about FREE SPEECH," Trump said in a
series of now-removed tweets on @POTUS. The same exact three-tweet message was
posted on the @TeamTrump account, which has since also
been suspended.
Trump
also said he would have a "big announcement" coming soon regarding
Section 230 and floated the possibility of his "own platform in the near
future."
"STAY
TUNED!" he tweeted.
Representatives
for Twitter did not immediately respond to TheWrap's request for comment.
Video: Twitter permanently suspends Trump's account (Reuters)
Also read: Trump's Twitter Ban Has People
Wondering: 'What the F- Took You So Long?'
Section 230 of the Communications
Decency Act is a law that gives tech companies the ability to
censor or moderate content on their platforms. Section 230, which was enacted
in 1996, is also the legal shield that safeguards tech companies from being
sued for what its users post. If Section 230 were to be curtailed or changed,
it could become a major liability for Twitter, Facebook and Google-owned
YouTube.
Earlier
on Friday, Twitter said it banned Trump due
to the "the risk of further incitement of violence." The social media
platform said two of Trump's tweets on Friday violated their glorification of
violence policy and pointed to "plans for future armed protests have
already begun proliferating on and off-Twitter," including another
proposed attack on the U.S. Capitol and other state capitol buildings on Jan.
17.
"Our
public interest framework exists to enable the public to hear from elected
officials and world leaders directly. It is built on a principle that the
people have a right to hold power to account in the open," the company
said. "However, we made it clear going back years that these accounts are
not above our rules and cannot use Twitter to incite violence. We will continue
to be transparent around our policies and their enforcement."
Take
a look at Trump's tweets from the @POTUS account here.
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