Trump Met Twitter CEO and Complained About Losing Followers

The president lost 204,000 of his 53.4 million followers in July, when Twitter started its purge of suspicious accounts.
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Donald Trump lauded a “great meeting” with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Tuesday evening just hours after accusing the social media platform of playing “political games”.

The president and some Republicans in Congress have complained that social media giants are biased against Republicans, something the companies have rejected as untrue.

“The best thing ever to happen to Twitter is Donald Trump.” @MariaBartiromo So true, but they don’t treat me well as a Republican. Very discriminatory, hard for people to sign on. Constantly taking people off list. Big complaints from many people. Different names-over 100 M.....

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 23, 2019

.....But should be much higher than that if Twitter wasn’t playing their political games. No wonder Congress wants to get involved - and they should. Must be more, and fairer, companies to get out the WORD!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 23, 2019

Trump lost 204,000, or 0.4 percent, of his 53.4 million followers in July, according to social media data firm Keyhole, when Twitter started its purge of suspicious accounts after it and other social media services were used in misinformation campaigns attempting to influence voters in the 2016 US presidential race and other elections.

During yesterday’s meeting, Trump asked why he periodically lost large number of followers only to be told Twitter often removes fraudulent and spam accounts and that many famous people, including Dorsey himself, had lost followers as a result.

This seems to have placated the president who tweeted his praise for the meeting shortly after.

Great meeting this afternoon at the @WhiteHouse with @Jack from @Twitter. Lots of subjects discussed regarding their platform, and the world of social media in general. Look forward to keeping an open dialogue! pic.twitter.com/QnZi579eFb

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 23, 2019

While some tech company executives may lean towards the liberal, they have long asserted that their products are without political bias, the Press Association reports.

Trump had tweeted earlier Tuesday that Twitter did not treat him well and that he would have more followers “if Twitter wasn’t playing their political games”.

Twitter described the meeting with Dorsey as constructive and said it came at the president’s invitation.

“They discussed Twitter’s commitment to protecting the health of the public conversation ahead of the 2020 US elections and efforts under way to respond to the opioid crisis,” the company said in a statement.

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