Donald Trump Is Upset With The Twitter Trending Topic That Always Vilifies Him
JAKARTA - The President of the United States (US) Donald Trump keeps harassing social media Twitter. Now, Trump admits that he is very upset with Twitter because his tweets are always trending bad topics.
Quoting the Business Insider page, Trump was dissatisfied with the attitude of social media with the blue bird logo. Moreover, all his activities and tweets on Twitter are always badly responded to by netizens so that they have been exaggerated into trending topics.
"It's disgusting to watch so-called 'Trending' Twitter, where so many trends are about me, and never good. They look for whatever they can find, make it as bad as possible, and blow it up, trying to make it trend," Trump wrote. on his Twitter account, Tuesday, July 28.
"Absolutely ridiculous, illegal, and, of course, totally unfair!" cursed Trump.
So disgusting to watch Twitter's so-called “Trending”, where sooo many trends are about me, and never a good one. They look for anything they can find, make it as bad as possible, and blow it up, trying to make it trend. Really ridiculous, illegal, and, of course, very unfair!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 27, 2020
Trump's tweet immediately received various responses from netizens. The post has received more than 149,000 comments and has been re-tweeted 52,000 times.
Trump's accusation was clearly denied by Twitter, although he did not issue an immediate response. Trending Topic terms, have been explained on the Twitter website.
"Trends are determined by an algorithm and, by default, are designed for you based on who you follow, your interests, and your location. Users can also view trending topics by location instead of ones personalized for them," according to the website. Twitter.
Trump's relationship with the platform with the blue bird logo has indeed not gotten along since the last few months. Even though Trump has more than 84 million followers and is the head of state most actively using Twitter.
Trump's criticism of social media sites increased after Jack Dorsey's platform took action to label the US President's tweets with a 'Fact Check' feature. Because Trump's post contains a number of misinformation and has the potential to trigger violence.
Not long after that, Trump reportedly issued an executive order aimed at narrowing the protection of content on social media. Where he demanded that social media companies can be prosecuted for blocking access to freedom of speech and expression on his platforms.