Biz Stone Explained Twitter’s Decision on Donald Trump’s North Korea Tweet

Biz Stone cited 'newsworthiness' and 'public interest'

Twitter co-founder Biz Stone explained the social network’s decision not to remove a controversial tweet by President Donald Trump.

Trump’s tweet Saturday was perceived by many as a threat against North Korea, and Twitter received a great deal of backlash for not deleting it.

Stone cited “newsworthiness” and “public interest” as reasons for allowing the tweet to remain live, writing in a blog post: “We hold all accounts to the same rules and consider a number of factors when assessing whether tweets violate our rules.

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