Twitter Suspends 'From the Desk of Donald Trump' Account

Former President Donald Trump unveiled his new website “From the Desk of Donald J. Trump" Tuesday; the new website gives Trump a platform to share statements with the public after his ban from Twitter and Facebook. The website created a Twitter account called @DJTDesk, which was suspended by Twitter Wednesday evening. Twitter told the New York Post, “As stated in our ban evasion policy, we’ll take enforcement action on accounts whose apparent intent is to replace or promote content affiliated with a suspended account.” On Wednesday, Facebook’s Oversight Board upheld Trump’s ban on Facebook and Instagram, but added that it was “not appropriate” for Facebook to impose the “indeterminate and standard less penalty of indefinite suspension.” In response, Trump stated Wednesday that “Free Speech has been taken away from the President of the United States because the Radical Left Lunatics are afraid of the truth, but the truth will come out anyway, bigger and stronger than ever before." Coverage from left-and center-rated outlets tended to focus on the details of Trump's ban earlier in the year and on the Facebook decision. Some coverage from right-rated outlets focused on Twitter and Facebook's respective history of removing posts and suspending accounts that they claim violate their terms.