About Section 230:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_2…
theverge.com/platform/amp/2…
![Going one step further to understand Twitter’s decision and Trump’s language of choice, NBC News’ Rebecca Shabad answered the question: Where does the phrase 'When the looting starts, the shooting starts' come from? “Who else thought ‘When the looting starts the shooting starts’ sounded familiar? Here is NBC's story on how it was used by a Southern Police chief during civil rights unrest,” Cecilia Kang said. Dean Obediallah tweeted, “This is a quote from a White Southern police chief from the 1960s who defended Police brutality. This is the man Trump is quoting during protests opposing police brutality.” “The police chief...also said that ‘we don't mind being accused of police brutality,’” Alana Horowitz Satlin added. “How sad for the President of the United States to repeatedly bring back a terrible chapter in American history,” Donna Brazile concluded.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EZOCE_WXsAAxuxA.png)
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