Twitter Censors Official White House Account

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After censoring President Donald Trump’s personal account, Twitter has now censored the official account of the White House as well.

Earlier today, Twitter censored a message from President Trump condemning rioters in Minneapolis, hiding Trump’s tweet behind a notice that falsely alleges it “glorifies violence.”

“These THUGS are dishonoring the memory of George Floyd, and I won’t let that happen.” said Trump in his now-censored tweet. “Just spoke to Governor Tim Walz and told him that the Military is with him all the way. Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts. Thank you!”

The tweet did not “glorify violence,” but instead condemned violent rioters, threatening the use of military force if the violent unrest continued.

In a comment to Breitbart News, Twitter confirmed that the last part of the tweet (“when the looting starts, the shooting starts”) was the part that breached its policies. But if the threat of military force in the face of violence is a breach, then many other world leaders stand to fall foul of the platform’s policies.

Twitter has now censored an identical tweet from the official White House Twitter account, @WhiteHouse.