Twitter has closed Trump’s account permanently – VG

The president’s Twitter account had more than 80 million followers, and Trump has actively used it throughout his political career to build his fan base and communicate directly with voters.

From early morning until late at night he has been tweeting; He has fired employees, praised his supporters, and criticized everything from news articles to political opponents to the conduct of presidential elections.

So now it’s over.

– After careful review of recent Twitter posts from the @realDonaldTrump account and the surrounding context, we permanently closed the account due to the risk of further incitement to violence. the company writes in a statement.

Donald Trump still has access to the Twitter account of the President of the United States, @POTUS.

Here he wrote four posts after Twitter deleted his account. In one he wrote that Twitter has “coordinated with Democrats and the radical left” to remove his account, and in another he said that he is exploring the possibility of developing his own platform. These messages were soon removed from Twitter.

Twitter decided earlier this week to shut down the president’s account for 12 hours, warning that further violations of the policy could lead to permanent account closure.

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Facebook and Instagram have also banned Trump indefinitely.

– It wouldn’t have happened without social media

The decline in Trump’s account comes after Wednesday’s violent assault on the United States Congress building. The president has been accused of inciting the violent riots, which resulted in the deaths of five people.

– Trump’s rhetoric has clearly and consistently incited violence. His rhetoric on Twitter has played an important role here. Without social media, the riot in the congress building on Wednesday would not have happened. Twitter was a key part of this, says Ken L. Ott, who heads the college of communication studies at the University of Missouri, to VG.

Together with Colorado State University professor Greg Dickinson, he has written the book “The Twitter Presidency: Donald J. Trump and the Politics of White Anger,” which deals with the president’s rhetoric on Twitter.

– But excluding Trump will not make problems with misleading information and hateful rhetoric disappear from social media, he says, noting that Trump, for example, can turn to alternative media like Parler.

Therefore, they closed the account

In their justification, Twitter writes that earlier this week they were clear that further violations of the guidelines could cause a permanent account closure.

– We made it clear that further violations of Twitter guidelines would potentially result in this, the company continues, referring to two specific messages from the president after his account was reopened on Thursday.

These were:

• “The 75,000,000 wonderful American patriots who voted for me, America FIRST, and MAKE America WONDERFUL AGAIN, will have a GREAT VOICE in the future. They will not be treated disrespectfully or wronged in any way. “.
• “To all of you who have asked, I will not be attending the opening on January 20.”

These messages should be read in light of the current tense situation in the United States and the violent assault on the Congress building, Twitter believes.

– After reviewing the language of these messages against our guidelines to glorify violence, we have decided that these Twitter messages violate our guidelines to glorify violence, and that the user @RealDonaldTrump is immediately banned from the service permanently.

the full Twitter rating here.

Early Friday, Twitter also decided to delete the accounts of former Trump campaign attorney Sidney Powell and Trump supporter Michael Flynn.

According to NBC, other supporters of the QAnon conspiracy theory have also been suspended from the platform.

Strong reactions

Twitter’s decision to shut down Trump’s account has been met with strong criticism from several Republicans.

– Twitter may want to exclude me from this, but I will accept that fate: its decision to ban President Trump is a huge mistake. The ayatollah can tweet, but not Trump, writes Republican Senator Lindsey Graham on Twitter.

– It says a lot about the people who control Twitter, he adds.

White House aide Jason Miller calls Twitter’s exclusion “disgusting,” while the president’s son, Donald Trump Jr. calls it “absolute insanity.”

“Silencing the voices of the people, not least of the president, is what is happening in China, not in our country,” former US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley wrote on Twitter.

However, Democratic Senator Mark Warner from Virginia believes the measure was long overdue.

– But it is important to remember that this is much larger than a person. It is a whole ecosystem that allows false information and hate to spread and cling uncontrollably, write on Twitter.

Democratic Senator Joe Manchin thanks Twitter for taking action.

President of Twitter

Researcher Brian L. Ott, who is behind the book “Twitter Presidency,” tells VG that Trump and Twitter have been closely intertwined.

“Donald J. Trump simply would not have been president in a world without social media, and no platform has been more central to his political journey to the top than Twitter,” says Ott.

He believes that Twitter’s simple style with short and concise messages fits perfectly with Trump’s communication style.

– Both are characterized by simplicity, impulsiveness and impudence. This similarity made Trump really dominate Twitter, he says.