Revealed: Twitter's Secret Plan To Take Down Trump

A new “Twitter Files” publication has shed light on the backroom conversations which led to former President Donald Trump’s suspension from Twitter in 2021. A detailed insight into a historic judgment – unmissable reading for those interested!

On Saturday, Michael Shellenberger released internal platform communications showing Twitter had an active agenda to ban President Trump from their platform following the Capitol riots of January 6th 2021.

In internal chats, Yoel Roth – head of Twitter’s ‘trust and safety’ team – proudly revealed his plans for the future.

Around 11:30 am PT, Roth DMs his colleagues with news that he is excited to share.

“GUESS WHAT,” he writes. “Jack just approved repeat offender for civic integrity.”

The new approach would create a system where five violations ("strikes") would result in permanent suspension. pic.twitter.com/F1KYqd1Xea
— Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) December 11, 2022

In the aftermath of President Trump’s permanent suspension from Twitter, swift action was taken to uphold a new restriction on his activity online.

The colleague wants to know if the decision means Trump can finally be banned. The person asks, "does the incitement to violence aspect change that calculus?”

Roth says it doesn't. "Trump continues to just have his one strike" (remaining). pic.twitter.com/Qyi1sJNa0w
— Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) December 11, 2022

After the Capitol disruption, President Trump’s social media accounts were temporarily silenced for 12 hours in response.

After evaluating the risk of further incitement, Twitter ultimately elected to permanently suspend Donald Trump’s account due to a potential threat posed by continued inflammatory rhetoric.

Trump was permanently suspended after a clear set of standards was put into place at Roth’s direction. CEO of Twitter Jack Dorsey had personally decided on this policy.

Under a revised policy, President Trump could receive an indefinite suspension if he demonstrates any violation of Twitter’s code of conduct.

Around noon, a confused senior executive in advertising sales sends a DM to Roth.

Sales exec: "jack says: 'we will permanently suspend [Trump] if our policies are violated after a 12 hour account lock'… what policies is jack talking about?"

Roth: "*ANY* policy violation" pic.twitter.com/ExSFNM7BAb
— Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) December 11, 2022

In an unprecedented move, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey disregarded a long-established policy to suspend former President Donald Trump’s account in response to content that was deemed contrary to the platform’s guidelines.

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What happens next is essential to understanding how Twitter justified banning Trump.

Sales exec: "are we dropping the public interest [policy] now…"

Roth, six hours later: "In this specific case, we're changing our public interest approach for his account…" pic.twitter.com/XRUFil2npI
— Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) December 11, 2022

The Trump administration’s unconventional speech limitations on Twitter shook up the status quo and forced platform personnel to navigate a challenging route, forcing them to implement such measures even when users posted screenshots of blocked posts.

What if a user dislikes Trump *and* objects to Twitter's censorship? The tweet still gets deleted. But since the *intention* is not to deny the election result, no punishing strike is applied.

"if there are instances where the intent is unclear please feel free to raise" pic.twitter.com/8bdG6b38ej
— Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) December 11, 2022

In November, early Twitter investor Mike Roth made a stand against Elon Musk’s efforts to guarantee more freedom of speech on the platform – departing the tech giant after eight years.

With extraordinary authority and influence, Twitter CEO Kayvon Beykpour entrusts Chief of Staff Nick Roth to make important decisions that shape the platform’s future.