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Tim ‘Apple’ Cook tells students to #LearnToCode… Twitter users demand he be banned for hate speech
The tech giant’s CEO, Cook, whom President Trump called his ‘good friend Tim Apple’, said all American kids should ‘learn to code’ – prompting sarcastic demands he be deplatformed, like others who have tweeted the dreaded hashtag.
“It should be a requirement in the US for every kid to have coding before they graduate from K12 and become somewhat proficient at it,” Cook said, pointing out that Apple was founded by a college dropout and that the company needs skilled coders much more than it needs college degrees.
But a Twitter spokesperson announced it was company policy to suspend users tweeting #LearnToCode back in January. While they subsequently backed away from the statement, several conservative-leaning Twitter users – including the editor-in-chief of the Daily Caller – were suspended for tweeting #LearnToCode at laid-off journalists last month.
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So why was Cook’s account still up, many wondered?
TIm Cook is saying that EVERYONE should Learn To Code.
Right in front of the president.
You better ban him @Jack thems fighting words.
— Sarah Eaglesfield
