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On July 29, 2022, Pelosi led a delegation to visit Asia. Facing the news that Pelosi might visit Taiwan, Hu Xijin, the former editor-in-chief of the Global Times, tweeted that if Pelosi visits Taiwan, the PLA’s expulsion will be invalid. shoot down. This article sparked heated discussions, and then Twitter locked Hu Xijin’s account for violating the rules, and asked Hu Xijin to delete his tweets so that his account could continue to be used normally. Hu Xijin then deleted his tweets.
Hu Xijin defended on Weibo:
Because of warning the US military not to escort Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, Lao Hu’s Twitter account was locked, and I can’t continue to use my Twitter account unless I delete that tweet.
Late last night, Beijing time, Lao Hu tweeted the following: “If a U.S. fighter jet escorts Pelosi to visit Taiwan, it is an aggression, and the PLA has the right to forcibly drive away Pelosi’s plane and U.S. fighter jets, including firing various warning bombs to obstruct. Sexual flight maneuvers. If repelling doesn’t work, they can be shot down.”
Once the tweet was sent, the response was very strong, and it exceeded one thousand retweets in less than an hour. Soon Fox News and others quoted the content of this tweet, and some reporters also asked the White House spokesman to respond to the content of the tweet.
However, this morning, Beijing time, I found that my Twitter account was locked. It is said that the above article I posted violated the Twitter rules and must be deleted. In fact, that tweet has been blocked and no one can see it, but I have to go through the process of deleting it myself, and it is prompted that clicking “delete” means that I admit that I violated Twitter’s rules.
Is there any way, people have to bow their heads under the eaves. I had to click delete and unlock my Twitter account. Alas, freedom of speech in the beautiful country does seem to have boundaries, and it’s not the first time I’ve had a similar encounter on Twitter. The “rules” of the world are really a bit similar.
However, I have conveyed the message: if the U.S. military sends fighter jets to escort Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, it will be a further escalation of the vile nature of the visit and constitute aggression. In that case, our fighter jets should use all means of blocking. If it is still ineffective, I think it is okay to shoot down Pelosi’s plane.
According to public information, the relevant Twitter policy rules include the following two points:
Violence: No threats of violence against individuals or groups.
Hateful Conduct: Do not promote violence against, threaten or harass others based on their race, ethnicity, national origin, caste, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religion, age, disability or serious illness.
Micro comment: I think this is not only a matter of Twitter’s policies and rules, but also a matter of local laws. Speaking on Twitter, it should comply with the laws and regulations of the host country. Is sending death threats to national leaders a form of freedom of speech, at least not in the United States, although Pelosi is not the president, as the third The president’s successor, the incumbent speaker of the U.S. Congress, and one of the nation’s leaders, clearly violated the law by threatening to “shoot down Pelosi’s plane.” It is illegal to make death threats even for ordinary people, because such remarks are suspected of endangering the personal safety of others and are not allowed by law.
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