Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris sent a letter to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Tuesday calling on the social media company to suspend President Trump’s account for tweeting “blatant threats.”
The California senator claimed Trump’s tweets about Ukraine and House Intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schiff violate Twitter’s policy that tweets “may not threaten violence against an individual or a group of people.”
Trump suggested in a tweet that Schiff lied about Trump’s controversial call with the Ukrainian president and suggested the Democratic congressman should be arrested for “treason.”
Other Twitter users “have had their accounts suspended for less offensive behavior,” Harris said.
Twitter announced in June that it will place content from political figures that violates the company's policies behind a "screen you have to click or tap through before you see the Tweet" in order to warn users about the violation before they view the content. The reach of such content will also be limited.
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