Twitter announced the permanent suspension of President Trump’s account on Friday after months of marking his tweets with warnings – and days after the company said it was violating its policies.
Quick facts
- Trump’s account has been blocked due to tweets he posted in connection with the Trump rally on Wednesday that led to the riot at the Capitol
- His account was only temporarily suspended after the deadly riot
The platform shut Trump out of his account for the first time this week. The social media company considered a number of tweets related to the violent riot at the Capitol on Wednesday provocative.
“After careful review of recent tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context surrounding them – specifically how they are received and interpreted on and off Twitter – we have suspended the account permanently due to the risk of further incitement to violence,” the company said. said. written in a blogpos.
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