The next time President Trump tweets something that's in violation of Twitter's standards but still newsworthy, the 280-character message might have a note attached to it. Twitter, which has come under fire for years for not doing enough to rid the platform of hate speech and abuse, is examining how it could annotate offensive tweets that break its rules but are still in the public interest, according to Vijaya Gadde, the company's head of legal, policy, and trust and safety. “There is absolutely a line of a type of content, an example being a direct, violent threat against an individual that we wouldn’t leave on the platform because of the danger it poses to that individual,” Gadde said. The CEO has defended keeping Trump's tweets on the site because they are inherently newsworthy, even as Twitter has updated its definition of what constitutes "dehumanization" on the platform. Trump regularly uses Twitter to attack his political enemies, including the late Sen. John McCain, deride media outlets like CNN and he has retweeted unverified anti-Muslim videos.

Source: Fox News March 28, 2019 14:37 UTC