Twitter cited US President Donald Trump's newsworthiness"and the public interest as reasons why it declined to remove a tweet that added to the fiery rhetoric between the United States and North Korea.
"Just heard Foreign Minister of North Korea speak at UN If he echoes thoughts of Little Rocket Man, they won't be around much longer!" Trump tweeted on Saturday.
On Monday, North Korea's top diplomat called the tweet a declaration of war. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders responded by calling the suggestion of such a declaration "absurd."
Twitter's rules state users "may not make threats of violence or promote violence, including threatening or promoting terrorism."
The company responded to questions about why Trump's tweet wasn't removed Monday by posting in a series of messages on its public policy account that "newsworthiness" is one of the factors it considers in determining if a tweet breaks the platform's rules.
"This has long been internal policy and we'll soon update our public-facing rules to reflect it," one message read.
"We need to do better on this, and will."
The company also stated it's "committed to transparency and keeping people informed about what's happening in the world."
Calls on the company to curtail Trump's use of the platform are not new.
The company has said in the past that it doesn't comment on individual accounts, but it has cited the importance of hearing from leadership in order to hold people accountable.
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