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“For all of you who asked me, I will not be attending the installation ceremony on January 20.”
The word became President Trump’s last word on Twitter.
Shortly after midnight, his account was permanently closed.
Earlier on Friday, about 350 Twitter employees had asked the company’s CEO Jack Dorsey to permanently shut down Donald Trump, the Washington Post reports.
Shortly after midnight Swedish time, the historic decision was implemented.
Anyone accessing Trump’s Twitter account now you find yourself with a blank page with an automatic notification that the account is “temporarily suspended”.
Trump’s Twitter closed last night.
In practice, the decision is more far-reaching. In a long post on his official blog. Twitter announces that the ban on Trump’s account is permanent.
That’s why Twitter made the decision
The decision was made due to fears that his continued tweeting could lead to further violence.
“After a careful review of the latest tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context surrounding them, especially how they are received and interpreted on and off Twitter, we permanently closed the account due to the risk of further incitement to violence.” he writes Twitter on his motivation.
Following the takeover of Congress on Wednesday, the president’s account was temporarily blocked for twelve hours. It was then reopened with the threat of permanent suspension if Trump does not follow Twitter’s rules.
Two tweets have been analyzed
That that decision has already been implemented justifies Twitter with two tweets that Trump published on Friday:
“The 75,000,000 great American Patriots who voted for me, AMERICA FIRST and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, will have a GIANT VOICE in the future. They will not be disrespected or treated unfairly in any way or form !!! “the first rang.
Shortly after, what would be Donald Trump’s last tweet was published. There he told her that he has no intention of attending the Joe Biden installation for eleven days:
“To everyone who has asked me, I will not go to the Inauguration on January 20.”
Twitter claims these two messages will be seen in the context of the deadly storm of Congress on Wednesday:
“These two tweets should be interpreted in the context of a broader context of events in the country and the ways in which the president’s statements can be mobilized by different audiences, including incitement to violence, as well as in the context of the pattern of behavior of this account in recent weeks “.
Twitter: “Safe Target”
Twitter is developing the decision further, saying that Trump’s tweet not to attend Biden’s installation can be seen as a guarantee for those who consider the violence that the ceremony will be “a safe target because he will not be present.”
Twitter also claims that the choice of the word “American patriots” should be construed as endorsement of those behind the violence in Congress. In addition, the company mentions that there are already plans, on and off Twitter, for a second violent attack on the Capitol and other congressional buildings on January 17.
“In our opinion, these two tweets are likely to inspire others to copy the violent acts that took place on January 6, 2021, and that there are several signs that they are being accepted and understood as being called to do so.”
They are rage: “Freedom of expression is dead”
Twitter announces that the language used in Trump’s tweets violates company rules. policy against the glorification of violence and that, therefore, the account should be closed “immediately and permanently”.
Donald Trump’s son immediately criticized the decision:
“We live in Orwell’s 1984. Freedom of speech no longer exists in America. He died with great technology and what remains is only for a few,” he wrote in a tweet.
Trump Jr. continued a few minutes later:
“So ayatollahs and many other dictatorial regimes can have Twitter accounts without action despite threatening entire countries with genocide and killing of homosexuals, etc. but the president of the United States will be permanently suspended. Mao would be proud.”
Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat have also locked the president’s accounts indefinitely. Trump has also had accounts and broadcasts stopped on video services Twitch and Tiktok.
The text is updated
Photo: Alex Brandon / TT
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