Trump targets individual Twitter employee with threats, on Twitter
Donald Trump is threatening a Twitter employee, on Twitter, just after Jack Dorsey tweeted to leave his employees out of this. The drama continues.
Here's the tweet.
Quite a twofer. Disinformation about a civic event, voting, and also using the power of the presidency to harness mob wrath against a single employee of a platform that had the audacity to point out that a lie about "voter fraud" is a lie.
This tweet by part-time Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey last night wasn't very effective against a professional troll.
Fact check: there is someone ultimately accountable for our actions as a company, and that's me. Please leave our employees out of this. We'll continue to point out incorrect or disputed information about elections globally. And we will admit to and own any mistakes we make.
- jack (@jack) May 28, 2020
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Just a reminder that Twitter didn't censor or limit Trump's tweet.
They just added a little note saying here's some more information."
The nuclear response from WH should tell you something about Trump's campaign strategy.
- Nick Confessore (@nickconfessore) May 28, 2020
Wow. Trump is now calling out the same Twitter employee that Kellyanne Conway called out yesterday.
Twitter told me that he has received death threats because he's been singled out as the employee who decided to fact-check Trump. This is not the case, I'm told. https://t.co/rpO7TijHLb
- Kurt Wagner (@KurtWagner8) May 28, 2020
The President of the United States has now singled out a Twitter employee who is not the CEO, and was certainly not the only person responsible for the decision to add a fact-check label to Trump's tweets
That is dangerous and irresponsible to say the least
- Kurt Wagner (@KurtWagner8) May 28, 2020