Twitter: Banning world leaders would make important information inaccessible

Twitter has spoken out against banning world leaders from its website. According to the company, deleting controversial tweets from world leaders would make important information inaccessible. With the statement, Twitter is probably mainly referring to the tweets of US President Trump.

on his website explains Twitter further develop its position. The social media site believes that people should continue to have access to the statements of world leaders, even if they are controversial. The information is important for the public debate, according to Twitter. In addition, the company believes that leaving controversial posts is better for discussion than removing them.

Twitter probably felt the need to speak out because of US President Trump. He has used the medium extensively before and after his election as president, and also regularly makes controversial statements. As a result, there has been increasing discussion in recent times about whether Trump might be breaking Twitter’s rules. For example, Twitter recently spoke out about the posting of hate videos by Trump; they were eventually left standing because of the ‘public interest’.

Twitter announced some time ago that it wants to take a tougher look at hate messages and other negative behavior. So the company seems to be making an exception to the policy for world leaders.