Twitter won't block or remove controversial tweets from world leaders and elected officials

On Friday twitter said it won't block controversial tweets from world leaders and elected officials. Censoring them "would hide important pieces of information people should be able to see and debate," the company wrote in an unsigned blog post. 

Twitter added that removing their tweets "would also not silence that leader, but it would certainly hamper necessary de=iscussion around their words and actions."

The move reinforces a similar statement made in late September after the company came under fire for not removing a series of controversial trump tweets that threatened North Korea. Officials in the isolated country interpreted them as a "declaration of war." Twitter said all tweets are all taken into consideration when deciding whether to delete them.

We hold all accounts to the same rules and consider a number of factors when assessing whether tweets violate our rules," the company tweeted, "Among the considerations is 'newsworthiness' and whether a tweet is of public interest for comment.