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Twitter permanently suspends Donald Trump’s account ‘due to risk of further incitement of violence’
Read full article: Twitter permanently suspends Donald Trump’s account ‘due to risk of further incitement of violence’Twitter has permanently suspended Donald Trump’s Twitter account “due to the risk of further incitement of violence.”Twitter previously removed posts Trump made addressing the pro-Trump rioters who stormed Capitol buildings in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday. https://t.co/NrANZJcAfo — Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) January 8, 2021Our public interest framework exists to enable the public to hear from elected officials and world leaders directly. https://t.co/ZcbhDEAYjH — Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) January 8, 2021However, we made it clear going back years that these accounts are not above our rules and cannot use Twitter to incite violence. — Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) January 8, 2021Twitter has also banned Trump’s former national security advisor Michael Flynn and pro-Trump attorney Sidney Powell. The move comes as part of a purge of QAnon accounts, according to the Associated Press.