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Foreign Affairs chief Locsin tweet taken down due to violation

Foreign Affairs chief Locsin tweet taken down due to violation

ABS-CBN News

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Updated Mar 09, 2020 02:50 PM PHT

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MANILA — A Twitter post by Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. can no longer be viewed Monday, after the micro-blogging site saw that it violated community rules.

The March 5 post "is no longer available because it violated the Twitter Rules," according to a notice on Locsin's page.

Twitter bans threats of violence, promotion of violent extremism, child sexual exploitation, harassment, hateful conduct, promotion of suicide or self-harm, adult content and sale of illegal goods.

It was not immediately clear which offense Locsin made.

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"If a Tweet was found to be in violation of our rules, and has yet to be deleted by the person who Tweeted it, we will hide it behind a notice. The account will remain locked until the Tweet is removed," Twitter told ABS-CBN News.

Locsin, who regularly posts commentary and official announcements on Twitter, on March 5 shared on Twitter a link to a news report on BAYAN's opposition against war games between the US and the Philippines.

"These are f****** communists. You shoot them. You don't listen to them," Locsin wrote, as seen in a screenshot shared to ABS-CBN News by BAYAN Secretary General Renato Reyes Jr.

Reyes said he reported the post to Twitter for "offensive" content. Bayan "welcomes" the platform's action against the Secretary, he said.

"For so long, Locsin thinks he can get away with anything. But when he threatens harm on activists merely expressing their views, we will have to draw the line and fight back," Reyes said in a statement.

"We are not afraid of engaging Locsin in a civil debate. But we will not allow him to abuse this platform and his office just so he can silence others. He is abusive and appalling," he added.

Twitter did not say whether the tweet reported by Reyes was the same post that it hid.

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