Twitter bans Trump

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KRON) -- Twitter has permanently suspended President Donald Trump's account from the platform.

Twitter Safety made it official Thursday and explained the reasoning behind the permanent suspension.

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Trump's account was suspended due to the "risk of further incitement or violence".

Earlier this week, supporters of the president violently attacked the U.S. Capitol and as a result, five people died during the riots.

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. https://t.co/NrANZJcAfo

— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) January 8, 2021

A day after the riots, Trump posted a video message to Twitter to address his supporters after they stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.

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Twitter initially flagged Trump’s tweet, saying “this claim of election fraud is disputed” and disabled replies, retweets or likes “due to a risk of violence.” It later removed the president’s video, along with an additional tweet he sent out shortly after.

Facebook also removed the video, according to Facebook VP Guy Rosen.

However, we made it clear going back years that these accounts are not above our rules and cannot use Twitter to incite violence. We will continue to be transparent around our policies and their enforcement.

— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) January 8, 2021

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