11/18/2020

TWITTER/TRUMP POST-PRESIDENCY: “Twitter has at various times acknowledged that Donald Trump isn’t bound by the same rules that govern the rest of us. This executive privilege has allowed him to continue posting comments that could have long ago gotten any normal person banned from the platform…

At yesterday’s Congressional hearing [Nov. 17, 2020], Twitter head Jack Dorsey reiterated that — once he has vacated the office — Trump will no longer be subject to the same manner of protections. ‘If an account suddenly is not a world leader anymore, that particular policy goes away,’ the executive said.”

-Brian Heater, “Trump Will Lose Protected Twitter Status After His Presidency,” techcrunch.com, Nov. 18, 2020