Washington (AFP)

Twitter - the favorite social network of Donald Trump-- Tuesday said the limits not to exceed including for the great of this world, which like the US President sometimes express themselves without restraint.

In general, Twitter's philosophy is to be extremely permissive towards the Heads of State and Government and other senior officials in order to "provide a forum for informing and directly challenging" these leaders.

The network is often criticized for not applying to these officials the same rules that govern the common people. This is particularly true in the United States, where a number of Donald Trump's tweets, if made by average citizens, would probably be removed by the social media.

But all is not allowed, explains Twitter in a blog. "We want to say very clearly that the accounts of world leaders are not totally above our rules."

Twitter sees six areas that, if broken, will automatically lead to a penalty that goes beyond a simple notice, which hides the tweet by giving context to the violation committed, but allows to continue reading.

On the list of prohibited social network: the promotion of terrorism, direct threats of violence against an individual (but Twitter points out that the context remains important), the publication of private information such as a residential address or a private phone number , the publication of intimate photos or videos without the consent of the subject, any behavior related to the sexual exploitation of children and any encouragement to harm themselves.

Twitter highlights the difficulty of handling censorship issues. "These are constantly evolving challenges and we continue to review our rules, especially as we learn more about the connection between global tweets and the harm they can do offline. ".

The task of the network is made even more difficult in the United States, where the president's party accuses social networks in general of favoring the Democrats to the detriment of the Republicans. Donald Trump himself does not hesitate to attack Twitter, tweeting.

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