Twitter bans Trump

Twitter 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 in this very course of action," the company said in a blog post.

"Our public interest framework exists to enable the public to hear from elected officials and world leaders directly. It is built on a principle that the people have a right to hold power to account in the open."