Social Pro DailyBiz Stone Explained Twitter’s Decision on Donald Trump’s North Korea TweetBiz Stone cited 'newsworthiness' and 'public interest'By David Cohen|September 26, 2017ShareBy David Cohen|September 26, 2017ShareShould Twitter have deleted this?@realDonaldTrumpTwitter 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.Just heard Foreign Minister of North Korea speak at U.N. If he echoes thoughts of Little Rocket Man, they won't be around much longer!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 24, 2017 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. Among the considerations is ‘newsworthiness’ and whether a tweet is of public interest. This has long been internal policy, and we’ll soon update our public-facing rules to reflect it. We need to do better on this, and will.” Adweek Adweek