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The President of the United States, Donald Trump, is permanently banned from Twitter. The company believes it has incited more violence after the assault on Congress.
This is now the personal Twitter account of the President of the United States, Donald Trump. Screenshot: AP / NTB
The account is blocked by Twitter, because according to the company there is a risk of further incitement to violence, after supporters of the president stormed Congress on Thursday. Photo: Jacquelyn Martin / AP / NTB
Twitter writes what happens after careful review of recent posts from the @realDonaldTrump account, the context surrounding them, and how they are perceived.
– We have permanently closed the account due to the risk of further incitement to violence, it is said in a statement. Facebook blocked Trump’s account indefinitely on Thursday for similar reasons.
The assault on Congress
The ban comes after a chaotic week in the United States.
Trump supporters stormed Congress on Wednesday as elected officials would formally approve the outcome of the presidential election. The debate had to stop after protesters entered the building and clashes broke out between police and protesters.
Five people died as a result of the riots, like many, also in his own party, Trump believes incited.
On Wednesday night, Trump shared a video in which he repeated false accusations about the election and praised the protesters. Then the account was blocked for twelve hours.
In retrospect, various members of his administration have resigned in protest, and both Democrats and some Republican elected officials have asked him to resign. In the House of Representatives, Democrats are preparing a lawsuit against him.
Can inspire new actions
Twitter refers to two messages posted on Friday as reason for the exclusion.
Trump writes in a message that he will not be present when incoming President Joe Biden is sworn in.
The rest claim, among other things, that the 75 million Americans who voted for him, as Trump calls American patriots, will have “a loud voice” in the future, and that they will not be treated unfairly or disrespectfully.
Twitter believes that the messages are likely to inspire others “to reenact the violent events that occurred on January 6,” and that there are “various indicators” that they are perceived as “an encouragement to do so.”
Orwell comparison
The son of President Donald Trump jr. he refers to exclusion as “insanity.”
He draws parallels to the surveillance society in George Orwell’s dystopian novel “1984,” in which the state has total control over the actions and thoughts of its inhabitants.
– We live in Orwell’s 1984. Freedom of speech no longer exists in the United States. He died with great technology and it only applies to a few. This is total madness he tweets.
Favorite tool
As many as 56,571 of Trump’s messages have been removed from the platform, and Trump is losing the tool he has used to communicate directly with the American people for more than a decade. The account had some 89 million followers.
He has used the platform to present politics, challenge opponents, insult enemies, praise allies (and himself) and spread disinformation, sums up the AP news agency.
Earlier Friday, Trump supporters Sidney Powell and Michael Flynn, Trump’s former national security adviser, also saw their Twitter accounts blocked.
Trump’s messages can still be read on thetrumparchive.com website.
You can create your own media platform
After the personal account was blocked, Trump tweeted messages through the official account of the US presidency.
In the messages, he wrote that Twitter conspired with Democrats and “the radical left.”
Trump further stated that he had anticipated that it would be banned and that he had already explored the possibilities of creating his own media platform.
The messages, which came from the official @POTUS account, were quickly deleted by Twitter.
– Using another account in an attempt to circumvent an exclusion is against our rules, the company informs the AFP news agency.
Subsequently, Trump’s campaign account, @TeamTrump, has also been blocked.
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