Trump permanent avstängd från Twitter: ”Risk för ytterligare uppvigling till våld”
USA Donald Trump, med närmare 90 miljoner följare, fick sitt Twitterkonto @realDonaldTrump permanent nedstängt av Twitter på fredagskvällen svensk tid.
Twitter anger som skäl att man stängt ner Trumps konto för att man tror att det finns en risk för ”ytterligare uppvigling till våld”.
After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence.https://t.co/CBpE1I6j8Y
— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) January 8, 2021
Republikanen Nikki Haley, tidigare FN-ambassadör för USA, sågar nedstängningen av Trump.
”Att tysta människor, inte minst USA:s president, det är sånt som händer i Kina, inte i vårt land.”
Silencing people, not to mention the President of the US, is what happens in China not our country. #Unbelievable
— Nikki Haley (@NikkiHaley) January 8, 2021
Twitter skriver i ett pressmeddelande att man granskat två tweets från USA:s avgående president Donald Trump som gjordes under fredagen:
“The 75,000,000 great American Patriots who voted for me, AMERICA FIRST, and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, will have a GIANT VOICE long into the future. They will not be disrespected or treated unfairly in any way, shape or form!!!”
Den tweeten följdes upp av:
“To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th.”
Twitter skriver att tweetsen bryter mot deras policy om våldsglorifiering. Man skriver att Trumps tweets måste läsas i en bredare kontext och det måste tas i beaktande hur det han skriver kan tolkas av hans anhängare som uppvigling.
Man listar en rad saker som man menar bryter mot Twitters ”våldsglorifieringspolicy”. Bland annat:
• Donald Trump använder uttrycket ”American Patriots”. Det tror Twitter kan tolkas som stöd för den mobb som stormade Capitol Hill.
• När Trump skriver “GIANT VOICE long into the future” och “They will not be disrespected or treated unfairly in any way, shape or form!!!” menar Twitter att det kan tolkas som att Trunp kommer vägra avgå under ordnade former. Något Trump sagt att han ska göra i ett TV-tal.
Samtidigt som Trumps konto raderas får den iranske diktatorn, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, behålla sitt konto trots upprepade hot och uttalad antisemitism, något som bland annat moderate riksdagsledamoten Hanif Bali kommenterar.
Ändå märkligt att Twitter bannar Trump för risken att han ska uppvigla till mer våld medan @khamenei_ir får ha kvar sitt konto ostört.
Men såklart, att uppvigla Islamister kan ju vem som helst råka göra – vore för låg tröskel för att bannas.
— Hanif Bali (@hanifbali) January 8, 2021
Tidigare tweets av den iranske diktatorn Khamenei:
Today more than ever, the interest of the Islamic Nation lies in #unity, the type of unity that creates power against enemies and shouts out loudly at the embodied #Satan, the encroaching US, and its chained dog, the #Zionist regime, and stands up against aggression.
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) July 29, 2020
Those who ordered the murder of General Soleimani as well as those who carried this out should be punished. This revenge will certainly happen at the right time.
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) December 16, 2020
Kort efter att Twitter stängt ner Trumps konto blev Parler omöjligt att nå för användare. Parler är ett alternativ sociala medier-plattform till Twitter och Facebook som profilerat sig på större yttrandefrihet. Tidigare har Parler kraschat när man plötsligt fått stora tillskott av nya användare, uppger Heavy.
Tidigare under fredagen rapporterade Buzzfeed att Apple hade hotat att ta bort Parler från App Store om inte företaget införde en modereringspolicy inom 24 timmar av sitt innehåll. Google gav ett liknande ultimatum. Enligt Buzzfeed så har appen plockats bort från Googles appbutik Play och Google kommer inte lägga tillbaka appen förrän Parler infört en policy.
After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them — specifically how they are being received and interpreted on and off Twitter — we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence.
In the context of horrific events this week, we made it clear on Wednesday that additional violations of the Twitter Rules would potentially result in this very course of action. Our public interest framework exists to enable the public to hear from elected officials and world leaders directly. It is built on a principle that the people have a right to hold power to account in the open.
However, we made it clear going back years that these accounts are not above our rules entirely and cannot use Twitter to incite violence, among other things. We will continue to be transparent around our policies and their enforcement.
The below is a comprehensive analysis of our policy enforcement approach in this case.
Overview
On January 8, 2021, President Donald J. Trump tweeted:
“The 75,000,000 great American Patriots who voted for me, AMERICA FIRST, and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, will have a GIANT VOICE long into the future. They will not be disrespected or treated unfairly in any way, shape or form!!!”
Shortly thereafter, the President tweeted:
“To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th.”
Due to the ongoing tensions in the United States, and an uptick in the global conversation in regards to the people who violently stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021, these two Tweets must be read in the context of broader events in the country and the ways in which the President’s statements can be mobilized by different audiences, including to incite violence, as well as in the context of the pattern of behavior from this account in recent weeks. After assessing the language in these Tweets against our Glorification of Violence policy, we have determined that these Tweets are in violation of the Glorification of Violence Policy and the user @realDonaldTrump should be immediately permanently suspended from the service.
Assessment
We assessed the two Tweets referenced above under our Glorification of Violence policy, which aims to prevent the glorification of violence that could inspire others to replicate violent acts and determined that they were highly likely to encourage and inspire people to replicate the criminal acts that took place at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.
This determination is based on a number of factors, including:
- President Trump’s statement that he will not be attending the Inauguration is being received by a number of his supporters as further confirmation that the election was not legitimate and is seen as him disavowing his previous claim made via two Tweets (1, 2) by his Deputy Chief of Staff, Dan Scavino, that there would be an “orderly transition” on January 20th.
- The second Tweet may also serve as encouragement to those potentially considering violent acts that the Inauguration would be a “safe” target, as he will not be attending.
- The use of the words “American Patriots” to describe some of his supporters is also being interpreted as support for those committing violent acts at the US Capitol.
- The mention of his supporters having a “GIANT VOICE long into the future” and that “They will not be disrespected or treated unfairly in any way, shape or form!!!” is being interpreted as further indication that President Trump does not plan to facilitate an “orderly transition” and instead that he plans to continue to support, empower, and shield those who believe he won the election.
- Plans for future armed protests have already begun proliferating on and off-Twitter, including a proposed secondary attack on the US Capitol and state capitol buildings on January 17, 2021.
As such, our determination is that the two Tweets above are likely to inspire others to replicate the violent acts that took place on January 6, 2021, and that there are multiple indicators that they are being received and understood as encouragement to do so.
