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they wrote a whole new notification just for him.
This was not a one-off notice created for a single person. X/Twitter formally introduced this public-interest notice in June 2019 as a standard enforcement label for certain rule-violating posts from government or political accounts.
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X's own policy materials contradict the claim that the notice was written "just for him."
In June 2019, Twitter publicly announced that it was introducing a new notice for posts that violate the rules but are kept viewable because of public interest. The company said this notice would be used on qualifying posts from government officials and political figures, and even said at launch that it could not predict the first time the notice would be used.
X's current Help Center still describes this as a general platform enforcement option, not a custom message for one individual. Its public-interest policy says that, in rare cases, X may leave up a violating post from an elected or government official and place it behind a notice. A separate Help Center page on notices says X may allow rule-violating content to remain accessible when there is a legitimate public interest and will add a notice in those cases.
So the screenshot shows a pre-existing, documented moderation notice that X applies under its public-interest exception policy. It was not newly written for one specific person.
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- Defining public interest on Twitter
To fix that, we’re introducing a new notice that will provide additional clarity in these situations... We cannot predict the first time it will be used.
- Public-interest exceptions to enforcement of X rules
In certain and rare instances, we may choose to leave up a post from an elected or government official... Instead we will place it behind a notice providing context about the rule violation.
- X account notices and what they mean - suspensions and more
We may allow controversial content or behavior which may otherwise violate our rules to remain on our service because we believe there is a legitimate public interest in its availability... and add a notice.