{"id":590002,"date":"2021-07-13T14:06:26","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T18:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=590002"},"modified":"2021-07-13T14:06:29","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T18:06:29","slug":"twitter-banned-donald-trump-for-incitement-of-violence-but-cubas-dictator-still-has-a-twitter-account-despite-reports-of-killed-protesters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-banned-donald-trump-for-incitement-of-violence-but-cubas-dictator-still-has-a-twitter-account-despite-reports-of-killed-protesters\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Banned Donald Trump For \u2018Incitement Of Violence,\u2019 But Cuba\u2019s Dictator Still Has A Twitter Account Despite Reports Of Killed Protesters"},"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\">42<\/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%2Ftwitter-banned-donald-trump-for-incitement-of-violence-but-cubas-dictator-still-has-a-twitter-account-despite-reports-of-killed-protesters%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=590002&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\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-930457390-e1626197123399.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>On Tuesday, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) leveled an accusation of hypocrisy against Big Tech giant, Twitter, regarding their censorship policies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI am not in favor of [Twitter] blocking anybody,\u201d Rubio said. \u201cBut if [Twitter.gov] is going to block American politicians, activists &amp; even a U.S. President they should also block Marxist Socialist dictators who incite street violence.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.9411764705882\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I am not in favor of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Twitter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@twitter<\/a> blocking anybody<\/p>\n<p>But if <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Twitter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@twitter<\/a>.gov is going to block American politicians, activists &amp; even a U.S. President they should also block Marxist Socialist dictators who incite street violence <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SOSCuba?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SOSCuba<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PatriaYVida?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PatriaYVida<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DPIhKHplvL\">https:\/\/t.co\/DPIhKHplvL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marcorubio\/status\/1414928957573636099?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Rubio was responding to Cuban dictator Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel, who remains on the platform despite former implementations of Twitter\u2019s policies regarding the subject of \u201cincitement of violence.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cOur action in the streets is against those who promote disorder with an interventionist agenda, manipulating the feelings of the people for the deficiencies and outbreaks of COVID-19,\u201d tweeted D\u00edaz-Canel on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe counterrevolution aspires for a war between Cubans,\u201d D\u00edaz-Canel tweeted in another <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DiazCanelB\/status\/1414665237941399559\"><span>post<\/span><\/a><span> on Monday. \u201cWe are not going to indulge them. We will avoid this with unity, discipline, and work.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The context of his continued rhetoric includes reports of violent suppression of protests across the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe unprecedented demonstrations spontaneously grew as the day progressed and were met with a large number of Cuba\u2019s special forces in certain areas,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/article252725858.html\"><span>The Miami Herald<\/span><\/a><span> reported. \u201cSeveral videos of violent arrests were posted on social media \u2014 including some with audio that appeared to be of gunshots \u2014 but the Cuban leader denied the police used force against the demonstrators.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cNew videos of the Sunday protests circulating on Monday show police and military officers arresting, beating and even reportedly shooting at demonstrators,\u201d the report added. \u201cIn one video, a man can be heard yelling, \u2018Don\u2019t shoot, that\u2019s worse.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In early January, Twitter announced that they had \u201cpermanently suspended\u201d former President Donald Trump, citing the supposed \u201crisk of further incitement of violence.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As part of their \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/twitter-permanently-bans-trump-from-platform\"><span>comprehensive analysis<\/span><\/a><span>,\u201d they cited two tweets:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><em><span>\u201cThe 75,000,000 great American Patriots who voted for me, AMERICA FIRST, and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, will have a GIANT VOICE long into the future. They will not be disrespected or treated unfairly in any way, shape or form!!!\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><em><span>\u201cTo all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>Twitter argued that \u201cthese two Tweets must be read in the context of broader events in the country and the ways in which the President\u2019s statements can be mobilized by different audiences,\u201d and that these tweets were in \u201cviolation of the Glorification of Violence Policy.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Twitter\u2019s \u201cglorification of violence\u201d policy is defined as follows.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"23\">\n<p><b><i>You may not threaten violence against an individual or a group of people. We also prohibit the glorification of violence.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Glorifying violent acts could inspire others to take part in similar acts of violence. Additionally, glorifying violent events where people were targeted on the basis of their protected characteristics (including: race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability, or serious disease) could incite or lead to further violence motivated by hatred and intolerance. For these reasons, we have a policy against content that glorifies acts of violence in a way that may inspire others to replicate those violent acts and cause real offline harm, or events where members of a protected group were the primary targets or victims.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>To add context, there are two additional clarifying sections. The first, titled \u201cWhat is in violation of this policy?\u201d reads as follows.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"27\">\n<p><i><span>Under this policy, you can\u2019t glorify, celebrate, praise or condone violent crimes, violent events where people were targeted because of their membership in a protected group, or the perpetrators of such acts. We define glorification to include praising, celebrating, or condoning statements, such as \u201cI\u2019m glad this happened\u201d, \u201cThis person is my hero\u201d, \u201cI wish more people did things like this\u201d, or \u201cI hope this inspires others to act\u201d.&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Violations of this policy include, but are not limited to, glorifying, praising, condoning, or celebrating:<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i><span>violent acts committed by civilians that resulted in death or serious physical injury, e.g., murders, mass shootings;<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><span>attacks carried out by terrorist organizations or violent extremist groups (as defined by our terrorism and violent extremism policy); and<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><span>violent events that targeted protected groups, e.g., the Holocaust, Rwandan genocide.&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>The second section, titled \u201cWhat is not a violation of this policy?\u201d reads as follows.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"10\">\n<p><i><span>Our focus is on preventing the glorification of violence that could inspire others to replicate violent acts, as well as violent events where protected groups were the primary targets or victims. Exceptions may be made for violent acts by state actors, where violence was not primarily targeting protected groups.&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Twitter\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/twitter-permanently-bans-trump-from-platform\"><span>assessment<\/span><\/a><span> resulted in the decision to censor the former president:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"19.656218402427\">\n<p><i><span>We assessed the two Tweets referenced above under our <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/help.twitter.com\/en\/rules-and-policies\/glorification-of-violence\"><i><span>Glorification of Violence policy<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>, which aims to prevent the glorification of violence that could inspire others to replicate violent acts and determined that they were highly likely to encourage and inspire people to replicate the criminal acts that took place at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>This determination is based on a number of factors, including:<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><i><span>President Trump\u2019s statement that he will not be attending the Inauguration is being received by a number of his supporters as further confirmation that the election was not legitimate and is seen as him disavowing his previous claim made via two Tweets (<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanScavino\/status\/1347103015493361664\"><i><span>1<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>, <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanScavino\/status\/1347103016311259136\"><i><span>2<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>) by his Deputy Chief of Staff, Dan Scavino, that there would be an \u201corderly transition\u201d on January 20th.<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><i><span>The second Tweet may also serve as encouragement to those potentially considering violent acts that the Inauguration would be a \u201csafe\u201d target, as he will not be attending.<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><i><span>The use of the words \u201cAmerican Patriots\u201d to describe some of his supporters is also being interpreted as support for those committing violent acts at the US Capitol.<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><i><span>The mention of his supporters having a \u201cGIANT VOICE long into the future\u201d and that \u201cThey will not be disrespected or treated unfairly in any way, shape or form!!!\u201d is being interpreted as further indication that President Trump does not plan to facilitate an \u201corderly transition\u201d and instead that he plans to continue to support, empower, and shield those who believe he won the election.<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><i><span>Plans for future armed protests have already begun proliferating on and off-Twitter, including a proposed secondary attack on the US Capitol and state capitol buildings on January 17, 2021.<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span>As such, our determination is that the two Tweets above are likely to inspire others to replicate the violent acts that took place on January 6, 2021, and that there are multiple indicators that they are being received and understood as encouragement to do so.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>When it came to Trump, Twitter argued that his two innocuous tweets \u201c<span>must be read in the context of broader events in the country\u201d and the ways in which his statements could \u201cbe mobilized by different audiences.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Why are they not reading <span>D\u00edaz-Canel\u2019s tweets in the context of the broader events in Cuba? Why are they not judging them based on how they could be \u201cmobilized by different audiences?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The answer is simple: this was never about preventing violence for Twitter.<\/p>\n<p><i>Ian Haworth is an Editor and Writer for The Daily Wire. Follow him on Twitter at<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ighaworth\"><i>&nbsp;@ighaworth<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>&nbsp;member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) leveled an accusation of hypocrisy against Big Tech giant, Twitter, regarding their censorship policies.\u201cI am not in favor of [Twitter] blocking anybody,\u201d Rubio said. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2314584,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-930457390-e1626197123399.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Twitter Banned Donald Trump For \u2018Incitement Of Violence,\u2019 But Cuba\u2019s Dictator Still Has A Twitter Account Despite Reports Of Killed Protesters","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-590002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-930457390-e1626197123399.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Twitter Banned Donald Trump For \u2018Incitement Of Violence,\u2019 But Cuba\u2019s Dictator Still Has A Twitter Account Despite Reports Of Killed Protesters","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=590002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590002\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2314584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}