Posted on Apr 8, 2021
Twitter says it won’t revive Trump’s account, even for archivists
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Twitter has said it will not allow the National Archives to make former US president Donald Trump’s tweets available on the social media platform.
The National Archives and Records Administration has been working on archiving Mr Trump’s tweets and making them available to the public. A spokesperson told Politico that the agency would defer to Twitter on whether that archive should be available on the social media site itself.
Twitter permanently suspended Mr Trump’s account in January, citing “risk of further incitement of violence” after a violent mob stormed the US Capitol on 6 January.
Explaining its decision, the company had said then that it assessed two of his tweets and determined that they “are likely to inspire others to replicate the violent acts that took place on 6 January, 2021, and that there are multiple indicators that they are being received and understood as encouragement to do so.”
The National Archives and Records Administration has been working on archiving Mr Trump’s tweets and making them available to the public. A spokesperson told Politico that the agency would defer to Twitter on whether that archive should be available on the social media site itself.
Twitter permanently suspended Mr Trump’s account in January, citing “risk of further incitement of violence” after a violent mob stormed the US Capitol on 6 January.
Explaining its decision, the company had said then that it assessed two of his tweets and determined that they “are likely to inspire others to replicate the violent acts that took place on 6 January, 2021, and that there are multiple indicators that they are being received and understood as encouragement to do so.”
Twitter says it won’t revive Trump’s account, even for archivists
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I agree as the vast majority of his tweets are nonsense, aggressive and violent.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
SSgt Richard Kensinger Yeah but on a Certain Level, I think they should be preserved just to Show what a Vile Individual He Really was. His Words on Twitter were the Most Condemning of His Administration. Not that I'm Terribly Concerned that they are not already preserved when there are Plenty of People like Me that Took Screen Shots of them. They're not Really Disappearing, I can see a time in the Not Too Distant Future that Republicans will start Embracing "Cancel Culture" when it comes to Fascism "American Style" Courtesy of Donald Trump. "Make America First". Plenty will want to Make that Disappear and their involvement in it.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel - We have plenty of public data which reveals his persisting vile behavior dating back to his mid-adolescence.
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The Daily Show already has it covered with the Donald Trump Presidential Twitter Library - building and a book. I'm not sure if the buildings still exist or were just temporary.
https://www.cc.com/topic/tds-trump-twitter-library
https://www.cc.com/topic/tds-trump-twitter-library
The Donald J. Trump Presidential Twitter Library Book | Trevor Noah | Comedy Central US
The Daily Show's award-winning Donald J. Trump Presidential Twitter Library has attracted huge crowds in Austin, Miami, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, New York City and Washington, D.C. The pop-up exhibit showcases and analyzes the finest works from Trump's Twitter collection, his preferred vessel for "communicating" with the public.
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They want to double down on their boycott. That's fine. Those who want to read them will do so elsewhere.
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