Twitter says it will restrict retweeting world leaders who break rules

Re:Twitter says it will restrict retweeting world leaders wh... by qtplatypus on Thursday October 17, 2019 @01:54AM (#21279284)

I'm not sure “the world would have been better off if your mother banged you on the rock as a baby” isn't a threat.

For example if you remove the colourful language from it "the world would have been better off if you were dead" sounds rather threatening.

Context is important "Who will rid me of this troublesome priest?"

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Re:Twitter says it will restrict retweeting world leaders wh... by dragonwriter on Thursday October 17, 2019 @02:01AM (#21279321)

“The world would be better off if you were dead” is an opinion, not s threat: it states no intent of future action.

> Context is important "Who will rid me of this troublesome priest?"

That's not a threat, it's a solicitation; it requests other to engage in rather states an intent to carry out future action. But “the world would be better off...” is neither, on its face.

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Re:Twitter says it will restrict retweeting world leaders wh... by qtplatypus on Thursday October 17, 2019 @10:10PM (#21288065)

Just because something is an option doesn’t stop it from being threatening. A reasonable person could become afraid that they would be harmed by a person that expressed a preference for their death.

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