{"id":1358698,"date":"2022-03-04T13:28:40","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T18:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1358698"},"modified":"2022-03-04T13:37:45","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T18:37:45","slug":"after-banning-trump-for-denouncing-violence-twitter-lets-putin-keep-his-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-banning-trump-for-denouncing-violence-twitter-lets-putin-keep-his-account\/","title":{"rendered":"After Banning Trump For Denouncing Violence, Twitter Lets Putin Keep His Account"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fafter-banning-trump-for-denouncing-violence-twitter-lets-putin-keep-his-account%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1358698&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1280px-Vladimir_Putin_in_March_2018.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Invading another nation, bombing hospitals, and killing civilians is not enough to get you kicked off of Twitter, but calling for peace and order will get you banned. <\/p>\n<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kremlinrussia_e\">account<\/a>, which has 1.5 million followers, remained active as of Friday, as Putin\u2019s forces continue their invasion of Ukraine and attacks on the Ukrainian people. Ukrainian authorities have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/more-than-2000-ukrainian-civilians-killed-during-russian-invasion-ukrainian-2022-03-02\/\">reported<\/a> more than 2,000 civilian deaths, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-ukraine-zhytomyr-hospital-bomb-b2026632.html\">attacks<\/a> on residential areas and maternity hospitals. Meanwhile, Putin used his Twitter account to spread propaganda about the conflict, calling the invasion a \u201cspecial military operation to protect Donbass.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"hl7WurFkXg0TL94jONureagfa8my5H7bBI5YqjCmIM4vi1YJTSsNAWn6O2Eoe3AKRCxFcLBPtZKUoQw3DXylVdG0hqM1PJ\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Vladimir Putin discussed the special military operation to protect Donbass with Prime Minister of Israel Naftali Bennett <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YFzKQ7QfqF\">https:\/\/t.co\/YFzKQ7QfqF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 President of Russia (@KremlinRussia_E) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KremlinRussia_E\/status\/1499101857255469056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The Big Tech website\u2019s rules claim to \u201cprohibit the glorification of violence,\u201d but Twitter is less interested in going after foreign aggressors than policing speech at home. Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/01\/06\/twitter-locks-trumps-account-threatens-to-ban-him-for-calling-for-peace-following-capitol-riot\/\">locked<\/a> and then permanently <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/01\/08\/twitter-just-nuked-the-account-of-the-worlds-biggest-critic-of-big-tech-and-china\/\">nuked<\/a> former President Donald Trump\u2019s Twitter account after he posted a video on Jan. 6, 2021, imploring rioters at the Capitol to \u201cgo home now\u201d and that \u201cwe have to have peace.\u201d Before that, a study showed Facebook and Twitter had already <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/10\/19\/new-study-shows-facebook-and-twitter-censored-trump-65-times-biden-zero\/\">censored<\/a> Trump 65 times.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"ZNIMYuvQd6faPj2x2KE4qn1iUOZJrxERmI9lkfCbPBOuForcXB74Y0GlLNSKTpsXGJpn589ATSwRzUwbzHCD7isohyVFW53\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Twitter permanently banned Donald Trump after he denounced violence and rioting and told election protesters to stay peaceful.<\/p>\n<p>Vladimir Putin still has an active Twitter account after declaring war against and invading Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sean Davis (@seanmdav) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/seanmdav\/status\/1497221976372428827?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, just Monday, U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler, R-Mo., said Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kansascity.com\/news\/politics-government\/article258895073.html\">suspended<\/a> her account after she stated that \u201cwomen\u2019s sports are for women, not men pretending to be women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But while Twitter eagerly tracks down and punishes Americans for saying boys and girls are different, the platform has repeatedly allowed brutal foreign regimes to keep their accounts. Ali Khamenei, supreme leader of Iran, maintains an account with nearly 900,000 followers, despite using his Twitter to call for Israel to be \u201cuprooted and destroyed\u201d and pledge support for anyone who \u201copposes and fights the Zionist regime.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/figure>\n<p>In 2020, a Twitter spokeswoman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/twitter-tells-mks-khameneis-eliminate-israel-posts-dont-violate-its-rules\/\">insisted<\/a> that \u201cforeign policy saber-rattling on military-economic issues\u201d was \u201cgenerally not in violation of our rules.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Twitter has also continued to allow Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid to use his official account to push Taliban propaganda, during and since the group\u2019s violent takeover of Afghanistan in August. \u201cTwitter permitted the Taliban official spokesman to live-tweet Mujahideen terror, the acquisition of arms, storming the Afghanistan capital, and the occupation of the presidential palace,\u201d academic Adrian Hilton observed.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"3QZ9g1TvH0\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Twitter banned Donald Trump for expressing support for rioters who stormed the US Capitol. Twitter permitted the Taliban official spokesman to live-tweet Mujahideen terror, the acquisition of arms, storming the Afghanistan capital, and the occupation of the presidential palace. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Zs20tL93Gb\">pic.twitter.com\/Zs20tL93Gb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adrian Hilton (@Adrian_Hilton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Adrian_Hilton\/status\/1427164882106003456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 16, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Elle Reynolds is an assistant editor at The Federalist, and received her B.A. in government from Patrick Henry College with a minor in journalism. You can follow her work on Twitter at @_etreynolds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Invading another nation, bombing hospitals, and killing civilians is not enough to get you kicked off of Twitter, but calling for peace and order will get you banned. 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