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JUST IN: Twitter Suspends Trump, Gives Key Reason
Twitter has announced that it was permanently suspending President Donald Trump’s account.
OnyxNews Nigeria reports that the social media giant said on Friday evening, 48 hours after the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, that it was suspending Trump “due to the risk of further incitement of violence.”
In a series of tweets on its @TwitterSafety account, the social media giant said that Trump’s account had continued to violate the rules even after being warned by temporarily locking Trump’s account on Wednesday evening after the violent.
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“After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence,” Twitter said in its announcement. “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.”
This move comes a day after Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts would be indefinitely suspended, because “the risks of allowing the President to continue to use our service during this period are simply too great.”
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