Trump tried to destroy our democracy. I’m not being hyperbolic. The evidence is all there and all from Trump’s mouth.
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volksverhetzung
Germany has laws against incitement.
> 2] "incitement of popular hatred", "incitement of the masses", or "instigation of the people", is a concept in German criminal law that refers to incitement to hatred against segments of the population and refers to calls for violent or arbitrary measures against them, including assaults against the human dignity of others by insulting, maliciously maligning, or defaming segments of the population.
https://www-welt-de.translate.goog/vermischtes/article231416...
He is still trying; that fact hangs over these conversations like Damocles' sword.
The Taliban destroyed a democracy. They have Twitter accounts.
The leader of Egypt destroyed a democracy. He has a Twitter account.
The leaders of Myanmar don’t seem to have Twitter accounts, but they outlawed Twitter.
I doubt these people have supporters inside Twitter, but I doubt there’s any Resistance either.
It seems internal employee activism played a large role. That’s not good.
While Twitter has a right as a private company to moderate based on internal popularity, it doesn’t build confidence.
It seemed the professional moderators were saying “Trump is pushing the limits, but not crossing them” - the other employees were lobbying to get him banned.
And they won.
The message is, if you want to run for office on a controversial platform, make sure you have supporters among the rank and file at Twitter, FB, Reddit, etc, The parts about the FBI are less concerning.
Good content moderation creates a firewall between (say) the software development team and the moderation team. While Twitter had such a wall, it didn’t withstand pressure.