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President ***** reportedly has COVID-19, and while some are wishing for his speedy recovery, others have publicly tweeted a hope that he’ll die of the disease. As you might imagine, that’s expressly against Twitter’s rules — and the company tells Motherboard that it will enforce them.
In other words: You can’t tweet that you hope ***** dies of COVID.
Specifically, Twitter tells the publication that it will suspend people who hope for *****’s death, though it’s not clear how often Twitter will be able to do so.
Here’s an example of a recent reply to *****’s original tweet that already seems to be attempting to dodge detection:
I hope you make “the sacrifice” too; like other people have.
— One Voice (@OneVoic09474519) October 2, 2020
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