Twitter conceals Trump tweet for ‘glorifying violence’


Twitter doubled down in its fight with Trump on May 29, 2020 by flagging a post by the US President on the unrest in Minneapolis as 'glorifying violence', saying the tweet violated its rules but would not be removed. — AFP

WASHINGTON: Twitter concealed one of Donald Trump's tweets on Friday for "glorifying violence", ramping up a dispute with the US president who says social media companies censor conservative voices like his.

In a move bound to infuriate one of the platform's most followed users, Twitter said it was placing a "public interest notice" on a Trump message about protests in Minneapolis over the death of an unarmed black man at the hands of the police.

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