SAN FRANCISCO: When US President Donald Trump departs the White House, he also leaves behind any immunity he might have from social media rules.
Efforts by Twitter and Facebook to balance letting political leaders speak to the people unfettered with enforcing rules about hateful and misleading posts have afforded Trump leeway not given to regular users.
But any special treatment that Trump has enjoyed ends with his presidency.
“Twitter’s approach to world leaders, candidates and public officials is based on the principle that people should be able to choose to see what their leaders are saying with clear context,” a spokesman for Trump’s go-to messaging platform told…