Twitter suspends Trump’s account; threatens permanent ban over violence at US Capitol
Twitter has suspended Donald Trump’s accounts on Wednesday over posts accused of inflaming violence in the US Capitol, ordering him to remove three rule-breaking tweets. The social media scrambled to respond to mayhem by supporters buying into Trump’s baseless attacks on the integrity of the election.
The unprecedented sanctions came after the president took to Twitter to repeat his numerous false claims about fraud and other impropriety in the election he lost to Joe Biden.
The social media platform locked Trump for 12 hours and said his account will remain locked if the offending tweets are not taken down, according to the Twitter safety team. Twitter also said that any future violations will result in permanent suspension of the account.
As a result of the unprecedented and ongoing violent situation in Washington, D.C., we have required the removal of three @realDonaldTrump Tweets that were posted earlier today for repeated and severe violations of our Civic Integrity policy. https://t.co/k6OkjNG3bM
— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) January 7, 2021
This means that the account of @realDonaldTrump will be locked for 12 hours following the removal of these Tweets. If the Tweets are not removed, the account will remain locked.
— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) January 7, 2021
Future violations of the Twitter Rules, including our Civic Integrity or Violent Threats policies, will result in permanent suspension of the @realDonaldTrump account.
— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) January 7, 2021
Meanwhile, Facebook also blocked Trump’s account for 24 hours.
