https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/uploads/2020/05/29/post_main_cover_fit//941ce87208ad75330b51d4c3b3ea0ff7baa77ea5.jpeg — MINNESOTA, USA - MAY 28: Protestors rally outside the Hennepin County Government Center on Thursday, May 28, 2020, during the third day of protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. ( Steel Brooks - Anadolu Agency )

Twitter says Trump Minneapolis post broke rules, glorified violence

29 May 2020, 10:59

Twitter Inc., which this week earned U.S. President Donald Trump’s ire by posting fact-check notices next to some of his tweets, has put up a rule-violation notice on one of his most recent missives.

Saying that the president’s comments about protests in Minneapolis glorified violence and were thus against its rules, the social media company has obscured the offending message on his profile with the following warning: "This Tweet violated the Twitter Rules about glorifying violence. However, Twitter has determined that it may be in the public’s interest for the Tweet to remain accessible.”

A spokesman for Twitter didn’t immediately respond to an email and phone call for comment.

A "View” option to open and read the tweet is made available alongside the warning.

The president’s comments, concluding with the words "when the looting starts, the shooting starts,” incited a strong response from other Twitter users, but those replies have since been hidden or removed by the company.

The options to reply and like the tweet have also been disabled, while the retweet and quote-tweet functions have been left active.

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