Twitter has finally banned President Donald Trump’s account, @realDonaldTrump, due to several violations including repeated incitement of violence after his supporters stormed Capitol Hill.
In a major move against a sitting U.S. president, Twitter today announced that it has permanently suspended the account of Donald Trump. The suspension comes after a violent protest at the Capitol building on January 6. Twitter said in a blog post that the President’s account, @realDonaldTrump, has been banned for good “due to the risk of further incitement of violence”. The social networking company explained that it reviewed Trump’s recent tweets based on the context around “how they are being received and interpreted on and off Twitter”. In the aftermath of the violence that unfolded at Capitol Hill, Twitter suspended Trump’s account for 12 hours and required him to remove his three tweets that were seen as promoting or glorifying the insurrectionist attack on the Hill.
