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US President Donald Trump’s Twitter account permanently suspended over violence risk after Capitol riot
Twitter has permanently suspended the account of US President Donald Trump, citing the “risk of further incitement of violence” following a riot at the Capitol that left a police officer dead.
Key points:
- In a statement, Twitter said the language used by Mr Trump could be interepreted as “support for those committing violent acts”
- It said plans for future armed protests had begun profliferating “on and off Twitter”
- Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat temporarily locked the President’s accounts shortly after the Capitol riot
In a statement, released just one day after the President’s account was reinstated following a 12-hour freeze, the social media giant said it had undertaken a close review of Mr Trump’s tweets, “specifically how…
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