O Twitter tirou o perfil de Donald Trump do ar nesta sexta (8). “Após uma análise cuidadosa dos tuítes recentes do @realDonaldTrump e o contexto em torno deles, suspendemos permanentemente a conta devido ao risco de mais incitamento à violência”, disse a empresa.
Usuários da rede social vinham pressionando o Twitter por medidas mais drásticas desde que um grupo de apoiadores do presidente dos Estados Unidos invadiu o Congresso, na quarta (6), onde acontecia a reunião que certificou a vitória Joe Biden nas eleições.
O ato aconteceu de forma violenta, com vandalismo, e resultou em pelo menos 5 mortes.
Naquele dia, o perfil de Trump chegou a ser temporariamente bloqueado após a invasão. Durante o ato, o Twitter tirou 3 posts do ar e ameaçou banir Trump se ele violasse novamente as politicas da rede social.
A conta foi reativada na última quinta (7) e foi por meio dela que Trump anunciou, nesta sexta, que não irá à posse de Biden, algo que não acontecia desde 1869.
Na noite desta sexta, o perfil saiu do ar. “Diante dos terríveis eventos desta semana, deixamos claro na quarta-feira que violações adicionais das regras do Twitter resultariam nesta ação”, disse a empresa.
Donald Trump, em vídeo gravado na quinta-feira (7) — Foto: Twitter/via Reuters
Ainda no dia da invasão ao Capitólio, Facebook e Instagram também anunciaram um bloqueio na conta de Trump por 24 horas. Mas, na quinta (7), Mark Zuckerberg decidiu que Trump ficará impedido de postar por tempo indeterminado nessas duas redes, ao menos até a posse de Biden, marcada para o próximo dia 20.
A plataforma de streaming Twitch também decidiu suspender a conta do presidente na quinta.
Veja o comunicado do Twitter, em inglês:
“After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them — specifically how they are being received and interpreted on and off Twitter — we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence.
In the context of horrific events this week, we made it clear on Wednesday that additional violations of the Twitter Rules would potentially result in this very course of action. Our public interest framework exists to enable the public to hear from elected officials and world leaders directly. It is built on a principle that the people have a right to hold power to account in the open.
However, we made it clear going back years that these accounts are not above our rules entirely and cannot use Twitter to incite violence, among other things. We will continue to be transparent around our policies and their enforcement.
The below is a comprehensive analysis of our policy enforcement approach in this case.
On January 8, 2021, President Donald J. Trump tweeted:
“The 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!!!”
Shortly thereafter, the President tweeted:
“To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th.”
Due to the ongoing tensions in the United States, and an uptick in the global conversation in regards to the people who violently stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021, these two Tweets must be read in the context of broader events in the country and the ways in which the President’s statements can be mobilized by different audiences, including to incite violence, as well as in the context of the pattern of behavior from this account in recent weeks. After assessing the language in these Tweets against our Glorification of Violence policy, we have determined that these Tweets are in violation of the Glorification of Violence Policy and the user @realDonaldTrump should be immediately permanently suspended from the service.
We assessed the two Tweets referenced above under our Glorification of Violence policy, 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.
This determination is based on a number of factors, including:
President Trump’s 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 (1, 2) by his Deputy Chief of Staff, Dan Scavino, that there would be an “orderly transition” on January 20th.
The second Tweet may also serve as encouragement to those potentially considering violent acts that the Inauguration would be a “safe” target, as he will not be attending.
The use of the words “American Patriots” to describe some of his supporters is also being interpreted as support for those committing violent acts at the US Capitol.
The mention of his supporters having a “GIANT VOICE long into the future” and that “They will not be disrespected or treated unfairly in any way, shape or form!!!” is being interpreted as further indication that President Trump does not plan to facilitate an “orderly transition” and instead that he plans to continue to support, empower, and shield those who believe he won the election.
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.
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.”
VÍDEOS da invasão do Congresso dos EUA
Fonte: G1
