Friday, May 29, 2020

Row between Twitter and President Trump escalates over Minneapolis tweet


Twitter has escalated its row with U.S. President Donald Trump by hiding one of his tweets for the first time, saying it breaks the rules on glorifying violence.

The president warned that “ when the looting starts, the shooting starts, ” in reference to consecutive nights of protests in Minneapolis.

This comes a day after President Trump signed an executive order targeting social media platforms in a bid to stop them curating content.

Nina-Maria Potts reports:

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