The policy says it “does not apply to military or government entities.” Twitter started enforcing new abuse policies Monday by suspending accounts that violate the terms.
The policies do not apply to government accounts.
That means even though Trump has technically violated Twitter’s abuse policies in the past, he is exempt from the new rules.
Twitter began enforcing new rules to combat abuse on its platform Monday in a widespread attempt to fix the toxic atmosphere in some of the darker corners of the service.
One of the first casualties of the new policy was Britain First, an anti-Islam group.
If Britain First sounds familiar, that’s because it’s the same account President Donald Trump retweeted anti-Muslim videos from Britain First a few weeks ago.
Tech: There’s a built-in Trump exemption in Twitter’s new abuse policy that will allow the president to keep tweeting (TWTR)
