Washington: Social media giant Twitter Inc. has permanently banned US President Donald Trump’s personal account for breaking its rules against glorifying violence.
This is the most high-profile punishment the company has ever imposed and the end of Trump’s relationship with his favorite social media megaphone.
In a blog post, Twitter 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 announced the decision two days after Trump was initially suspended for posting a series of tweets that misled users about the presidential election results, and appeared to encourage violent rioters who had mobbed the US Capitol.