Twitter permanently suspends President Trump’s account
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Twitter has suspended the account of President Trump permanently.
In a blog post, Twitter said that it is keeping Trump and his @realdonaldtrump from his more than 88 million followers.
The company said:
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.
Twitter gave Trump a time out following the insurrection and mob rushing the Capitol in Washington D.C.
The suspension comes after Facebook suspended Trump accounts on the social network and Instagram through inauguration day. Shopify also banned e-commerce operations of Trump.
Twitter’s move is permanent and it outlined its reasoning by tweet.
Previously:
Twitter’s breaking points were two tweets on Friday that were perceived to be escalating ongoing tensions from the January 6 storming of the Capitol.
The company’s findings:
We assessed the two Tweets referenced above under our Glorification of Violence policy, which aims to prevent the glorification of violence that could inspire others to replicate violent acts and determined that they were highly likely to encourage and inspire people to replicate the criminal acts that took place at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.
This determination is based on a number of factors, including:
As such, our determination is that the two Tweets above are likely to inspire others to replicate the violent acts that took place on January 6, 2021, and that there are multiple indicators that they are being received and understood as encouragement to do so.