Under pressure to suspend Trump, Twitter restates that world leaders don’t always have to follow its rules (original) (raw)

Facing a request to boot President Trump from its platform, Twitter on Tuesday affirmed that world leaders are not above its rules but defended its discretion to preserve some tweets that violate its policies.

The update, detailed in a blog post, seemed unlikely to quiet increasingly forceful appeals for technology giants to regulate Trump’s use of social media, which is central to his political strategy.