How Twitter plans to deal with controversial political leaders
Politicians enjoy privileges on Twitter that other users simply do not, but the social media platform has new plans to keep them in check
Politicians have been known to push the limits on social media platforms, especially in the era of @realDonaldTrump (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor), but Twitter has announced new measures to keep their utterings in check.
Political leaders enjoy privileges on Twitter that other users simply do not, as many of their tweets remain untouched and unchanged even if they breach the company’s rules. Often, tweets by other users will simply be removed if they are found to have breached the rules, and in some cases the account may be permanently suspended...
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