The U.S. president, amid the worst pandemic in more than a century, took to Twitter — his favored social media platform — to promote a debunked conspiracy theory that a cable news anchor might have…
may have murdered an aide who died accidentally in 2001 when Scarborough was a U.S. congressman. The response to Trump’s obsession in stirring up questions about the death of the former staffer, Lori Klausutis, included a plea to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey by her widowed husband that the company delete the offending and hurtful tweets.
So far, Twitter hasn’t taken any action to delete Trump’s tweets or suspend his account, perhaps fearing reprisal from the White House or the president’s followers. But the latest outrage over Trump’s noxious online behavior hit a boiling point that could force Twitter’s hand in dealing with its highest-profile user.
Jessica J. González, co-CEO of Free Press, a nonpartisan media and tech advocacy organization, says Twitter’s pattern of allowing Trump to spread the Scarborough conspiracy theory, amplify white supremacists and disseminate hoaxes about the coronavirus appear to be part of its business model. “The failure to take down hate and disinformation at Twitter is a feature, not a bug,” González says. “Twitter needs to be accountable to its users, not just to its main user.
Observers have pointed out that Trump is simply trying to distract people from the COVID-19 catastrophe and the White House’s delayed response to the crisis. Lori Klausutis worked in one of then-Rep. Joe Scarborough’s offices in Fort Walton, Fla., where she died at 28. An autopsy revealed it was due to an undiagnosed heart condition that caused her to pass out and hit her head, which was the cause of death. Florida police ruled that her death was an accident and no foul play was involved.
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