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TECHNOLOGY Friday 28 July 2017
Why Twitter won’t ban President Donald Trump

By BARBARA ORTUTAY said at the time that the
AP Technology Writer tweet should not be seen
NEW YORK (AP) — Twitter as a threat).
has made it clear that it THE CASE FOR TRUMP
won’t ban Donald Trump Twitter does ban harass-
from its service, whether ment and hateful conduct,
the president follows its but there is a lot of wiggle
rules against harassment or room as to what consti-
not. tutes such behavior. For
That’s no surprise: The presi- instance, though it may be
dent’s tweets draw atten- crude to tweet that a TV
tion to the struggling ser- host was “bleeding bad-
vice, even if tweets mock- ly from a face-lift,” they
ing reporters and rivals are at best in a gray area
undercut Twitter’s stated when it comes to violating
commitment to make Twitter terms. When asked
the service a welcoming about Trump, Twitter says
place. The company has it doesn’t comment on in-
been cracking down on dividual accounts. But CEO
accounts that violate its Jack Dorsey told NBC in
terms, and Trump’s critics May that it’s “really impor-
say he has broken Twitter’s tant to hear directly from
rules multiple times. leadership” to hold people This Wednesday, April 26, 2017, photo shows the Twitter app on a smartphone in Philadelphia. Twit-
Calls to ban Trump from accountable and have ter Inc. reports earnings, Thursday, July 27, 2017.
Twitter, largely by liberal conversations out in the Associated Press
activists, writers and Twitter open, not behind closed
users, sounded even be- doors. It also makes busi- was unchanged from the 15 cents per share, a year racy & Technology’s Free
fore he became president. ness sense: Trump’s tweets previous quarter. Twitter’s earlier. Expression Project, said
They were renewed re- are constantly in headlines, stock fell more than 9 per- Revenue declined 5 per- Trump’s tweets are “very
cently when the president calling attention to Twitter cent to $17.75 in pre-mar- cent to $574 million from clearly politically relevant
posted a mock video of and, ideally, getting more ket trading Thursday after $602 million, inching past speech” and are even
him “body slamming” a users to sign up. the numbers came out. Wall Street’s muted expec- being cited in court cases
man whose face was cov- For now, it doesn’t appear Twitter has never turned a tations. challenging the president’s
ered by CNN logo. Groups to be helping. On Thurs- profit. On Thursday, the San IMPORTANT TWEETS policies. For example, a U.S.
such as the Reporters Com- day, Twitter said its monthly Francisco-based company Free speech advocates appeals court used Trump’s
mittee for Freedom of the average user base in the reported a second-quarter agree it’s better for Trump tweets in June to block his
Press condemned the vid- April-June quarter grew 5 loss of $116 million, or 16 to stay. travel ban on people from
eo as a threat against jour- percent from the previous cents per share, compared Emma Llanso, director of six predominantly Muslim
nalists (a White House aide year to 328 million, but it with a loss of $107 million, or the Center for Democ- countries.q

Chief Justice Roberts: Technology

poses challenge for court

By NICK PERRY ford, for about an hour. do to a body of law that’s
Associated Press Hickford did not ask any developed from common
WELLINGTON, New Zealand questions about U.S. Presi- law days in England about
(AP) — U.S. Supreme Court dent Donald Trump, who when you can search a
Chief Justice John Roberts has criticized judges includ- house?”
said Wednesday he thinks ing Roberts and imposed a He said the court had cor-
rapidly advancing tech- travel ban on people from rectly determined that
nology poses one of the six mostly Muslim countries accessing an iPhone
biggest challenges for the that has been challenged was problematic under
high court. in the courts. the constitution’s Fourth
Speaking at an event at The Supreme Court said last Amendment.
the Victoria University of week the Trump adminis- “I’ll say it here: would you
Wellington in New Zealand, tration can enforce a ban rather have law enforce- U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts attends an event
Roberts also repeated his on refugees but also left in ment rummaging through at the Victoria University of Wellington on Wednesday, July 26,
concern that the confirma- place a weakened travel your desk drawer at home, 2017, in Wellington, New Zealand. Associated Press
tion process for Supreme ban that allows more rela- or rummaging through your
Court justices has become tives of Americans to visit. iPhone?” Roberts said. “I make sure they understand purpose and affect.
too politicized. And he ad- At the New Zealand event, mean, there’s much more the issues and for lawyers to “The framers of the constitu-
vised that having a written Roberts said technology private information on the explain them. tion hoped they were draft-
constitution, which some was a real concern. iPhone than in most desk Asked about the benefits ing a document that would
in New Zealand favor for “There are devices now drawers.” of a written constitution, withstand the test of time,
their country, imposed con- that can allow law en- He said none of the Su- Roberts said he didn’t want and they used, in many
straints on judges. forcement to see through preme Court justices are to offer advice to New Zea- instances, very broad and
Roberts answered ques- walls. Heat imaging and experts in the area and it land but that the U.S. Con- capacious terms,” he said.
tions posed by the univer- all this kind of thing,” he is going to be a particu- stitution had a constraining q
sity’s law dean, Mark Hick- said. “Well, what does that lar challenge for them to