EXPLAINER: How platforms dealt with ‘RINO hunting’ video
By AMANDA SEITZ
Associated Press
Washington (AP) — When a GOP Missouri U.S. Senate candidate released a video Monday in which he cocked a gun after calling for a hunt of fellow Republicans who he believes are “RINOs,” or Republicans in Name Only, Facebook scraped it off its platform within a few hours. But it’s still live on YouTube, where it’s been watched thousands of times, and on Twitter, which deliberately left it up after limiting its spread. It’s a striking example of the different ways various platforms treat posts that violate their policies, meaning that one banned on Facebook might stay live on Twitter, depending on who has said what.
