Friday, 1 December 2017

Twitter retracts its reason for why it didn’t remove Trump’s anti-Muslim tweets

In a blow to Twitter’s credibility, the company retracted its previous explanation for why it did not remove tweets that included graphic anti-Muslim videos that were retweeted this week by President Donald Trump. “We mistakenly pointed to the wrong reason we didn’t take action on the videos from earlier this week,” CEO Jack Dorsey tweeted on Friday. “We’re still looking critically at all of our current policies, and appreciate all the feedback.”

This marked a stark reversal from Thursday, when an unnamed spokesman offered this explanation: "To help ensure people have an opportunity to see every side of an issue, there may be the rare occasion when we allow controversial content or behavior which may otherwise violate our rules to...

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from
https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/1/16725246/trump-retweet-britain-first-retraction

from
http://ifeeltechinc.blogspot.com/2017/12/twitter-retracts-its-reason-for-why-it.html

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