Twitter Bans Trump's Account Permanently
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Twitter suspends @realDonaldTrump account permanentlyTwitter announced the permanent suspension of President Trump’s account Friday, after spending months flagging his tweets with warnings but stopping short of that step.
"After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them — specifically how they are being received and interpreted on and off Twitter — we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence," the company wrote in a blog post.
Sharing two relatively tame tweets the president made earlier in the day, including one in...
From the Left
Twitter bans TrumpTwitter announced Friday that the platform will permanently suspend President Trump's account effective immediately.
Driving the news: It's Twitter's strongest-ever action against the president's account and comes in response to the "risk of further incitement of violence," per the company. The move comes after Wednesday's siege at the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob as Congress was set to certify Electoral College votes for Joe Biden.
"In the context of horrific events this week, we made it clear on Wednesday that additional violations of the Twitter Rules would potentially result...
From the Left
Twitter *Permanently* Bans Trump After Years Of Aggressive, Violent Rhetoric On PlatformAfter years of using Twitter as a legislation tool, sounding board and occasional diary, President Donald Trump was permanently banned from the platform on Friday.
Less than two weeks before the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, the social media company removed the commander in chief after rioters overtook the Capitol on Wednesday, leading to the deaths of at least five people.
In a blog post about the permanent suspension, Twitter said they did so “due to the risk of further incitement of violence.”
“In the context of horrific events this...
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