Twitter to suspend users who publicly hope for Trump's death

President Trump 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 Trump dies of COVID.

Specifically, Twitter tells the publication that it will suspend people who hope for Trump’s death, though it’s not clear how often Twitter will be able to do so.

On Friday night, Twitter added that it will remove offending content from comments on Trump’s tweets, page, and content tagging him:

Here’s an example of a recent reply to Trump’s original tweet that already seems to be attempting to dodge detection:

And Twitter did tell Motherboard that it won’t act on every single tweet. “We’re prioritizing the removal of content when it has a clear call to action that could potentially cause real-world harm,” reads a statement from Twitter.

In a tweet, the company added that its rules don’t necessarily mean automatic suspension, by the way: