Twitter didn't act after bomb suspect made threats on its platform

Re:Twitter didn't act after bomb suspect made threats on its... by vorticalbox on Saturday October 27, 2018 @05:10AM (#18314971)

Other than removing the tweet, which they didn't do, what could they have done?

The strain it would out on Twitter and law enforcement investigating every single tweet that contains violence would be too much.

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Re:Twitter didn't act after bomb suspect made threats on its... by hoffs on Saturday October 27, 2018 @09:33AM (#18315618)

Yeah, I don't understand how social networks are at fault here, there's law enforcement that should take care of that...

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Re:Twitter didn't act after bomb suspect made threats on its... by stuaxo on Saturday October 27, 2018 @10:31AM (#18315827)

You can have rules and kick people off.

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Re:Twitter didn't act after bomb suspect made threats on its... by nonce725 on Saturday October 27, 2018 @09:32AM (#18315616)

This.

Twitter is a communications service, not the police.

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Re:Twitter didn't act after bomb suspect made threats on its... by craftyguy on Saturday October 27, 2018 @09:59AM (#18315705)

You're right, but it's easy to see how they've blurred the line by taking action to ban some high profile individuals from their platform.

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Re:Twitter didn't act after bomb suspect made threats on its... by krapp on Saturday October 27, 2018 @10:41AM (#18315864)

What line has been blurred? As a private platform, Twitter has always had the right to ban anyone from their platform for any reason. Doing so isn't acting as an agent of the state or using the state's monopoly on force, even when they're compelled to do so by the law.

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Re:Twitter didn't act after bomb suspect made threats on its... by loceng on Saturday October 27, 2018 @10:52AM (#18315926)

This is part of society.

The police are an organization meant to "serve & protect."

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