US Capitol Riots: Twitter Locks Trump’s Account, Deleted His Tweets, Threatens To Suspend Him
Twitter has locked the account of President Donald Trump over his comments on the violence that rocked US congress on Wednesday.
Trump, who has refused to concede the election he lost to President-elect Joe Biden, had charged his supporters to march to the congress while the lawmakers were in the process of certifying the victory of his opponent in the November 3 election.
The protesters had marched to congress in their thousands, forcing the lawmakers to suspend the process.
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Although the US president asked them not to be violent, he endorsed their action, saying “today will never be forgotten”.
He had also incited them via Twitter, making some claims considered to be inaccurate.
Responding to his action, Twitter removed a video where the president both called for the rioters to go home while also praising them and repeating the claims of voter fraud.
The microblogging site also locked Trump’s account for 12 hours and deleted three of his tweets.
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
The microblogging site also locked Trump’s account for 12 hours and deleted three of his tweets.
Twitter also threatened permanent suspension of the president’s account if Trump continues to violate its policy.
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“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,” Twitter said in a post to its TwitterSafety account.
“We are also exploring other escalated enforcement actions and will keep the public updated with any significant developments.”
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This is Twitter’s strongest action against the president’s 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
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
