Updated 10:43 am PDT, Tuesday, July 28, 2020 Twitter has temporarily halted
Twitter has temporarily haltedTwitter gives Trump Jr. a tweet timeout for pandemic misinfo Photo: Evan Vucci, AP David Fischer and Frank Bajak, Associated Press.
Twitter has temporarily halted Trump Jr. from tweeting after he shared a video riddled with unsupported claims about the coronavirus Monday, July 27.FILE - This June 23, 2020 file photo, Donald Trump Jr. speaks before President Donald Trump arrives to speak to a group of young Republicans at Dream City Church in Phoenix. The government lawyers had argued it should be treated like any personal property belonging to Trump.Circuit Judge Barrington D. Parker wrote that Trump's tweets were overwhelmingly official in nature.“Twitter is not just an official channel of communication for the President; it is his most important channel of communication,” Parker said. Photo: Evan Vucci, AP
Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan last July concluded Trump violated the First Amendment whenever he blocked a critic to silence a viewpoint.
https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Lawsuit-Trump-still-blocks-Twitter-critics-after-15448906.php Photo: Evan Vucci, AP The three-judge panel had concluded that the president’s daily pronouncements and observations were overwhelmingly official in nature.It rejected arguments by Justice Department lawyers that the actions of the president’s @realDonaldTrump account didn't violate the Constitution because it is a personal account he created in 2009, long before he became president. Florida teen arrested as mastermind of Twitter hack. Updated 10:41 am PDT, Friday, July 31, 2020 FILE - This June 23, 2020 file photo, Donald Trump Jr. speaks before President Donald Trump arrives to speak to a group of young Republicans at Dream City Church in Phoenix. Amanda Seitz, Associated Press. !”Because it spread misinformation about treating the coronavirus, Twitter required Trump Jr. take down the video and put his account on a 12-hour timeout, a Twitter spokesman confirmed Tuesday.
Trump Jr.’s profile is still visible, but he cannot tweet, retweet or like other posts during that time.The president, meanwhile, only retweeted a post of the video, which has since been taken down. Visit us daily at SeattlePI.com.
These social media platforms have zero-tolerance policies on posts that peddle potentially harmful untruths about the coronavirus.Conservative media outlets, pundits and personalities promoted the video across Facebook and Twitter on Monday.
https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Twitter-gives-Trump-s-son-a-tweet-timeout-15439795.php Photo: Evan Vucci, AP Photo: Evan Vucci, AP Facebook and Twitter said they have removed several versions and are working to take down others. It added that when the institute pressed the White House to unblock Moynihan, the request was rejected.The lawsuit said the Knight Institute was told: “Donald Trump does not intend to unblock persons who were blocked prior to his inauguration or who cannot identify a tweet that preceded and allegedly precipitated the blocking.”It said at least 27 other Twitter accounts remain blocked.The 2nd U.S. NEW YORK (AP) — An organization that successfully proved President Donald Trump violated the law when he blocked Twitter critics sued him anew on Friday, saying he continues to reject some accounts two years after losing in court.The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University sued Trump a second time in Manhattan federal court over use of his @realDonaldTrump Twitter account, saying the president and his staff continue to block some accounts.Some individuals identified in a lawsuit filed in 2017, along with dozens of others who were blocked on the basis of viewpoint, have been unblocked, the lawsuit said.But lawyers say the White House has refused to unblock those who can't identify which tweet led them to be blocked and others who were blocked before Trump was sworn in more than three years ago.“It shouldn’t take another lawsuit to get the president to respect the rule of law and to stop blocking people simply because he doesn’t like what they’re posting,” said Katie Fallow, senior staff attorney at the Knight Institute, in a release.A message seeking comment was sent to the Justice Department.The lawsuit identified as plaintiffs five individuals who remain blocked, including a digital specialist with the American Federation of Teachers, a freelance writer and researcher, a former teacher, an actor and Donald Moynihan, a professor of public policy at Georgetown University.Moynihan could not point to a specific tweet that caused him to be blocked because he periodically deletes tweets, the lawsuit said.