Twitter permanently suspended Donald Trump’s account

After the incidents at the Capitol, the social network decided to expel the magnate.

@realDonaldTrump no more. This was decided by Twitter, which permanently suspended the account of the outgoing President of the United States, after the scandalous posts the mogul made during the riots recorded on the Capitol on Wednesday. The argument is that they fear that, according to his profile, he will continue to incite more violence.

A similar decision had already been taken by Facebook a few hours ago when the company he runs Mark Zuckerberg He decided to suspend his account indefinitely on this social network and on Instagram. However, it is likely that what hurts the mogul the most is having been excluded from the network “of the bird”, his favorite.

Trump used Twitter successfully during the campaign that led him to the presidency and has continued to use it as the primary communication channel already in office. Now, in its place, a space appears with the caption: “Account suspended”. This is the first time the company has made a decision with a public figure the size of the American.

The main argument is that Trump broke the rules in what defined “the horrific events of this week” in relation to the invasion of the President’s supporters into government headquarters. “You cannot use Twitter to incite violence,” the statement posted on the company’s official blog bluntly said.

Then they went through the messages Trump had created as chaos gripped the Capitol. Although they were deleted a few minutes later, they are the main argument that Twitter must show that the user violated the rules during the attack on the Capitol, which left five dead, at least thirteen police officers injured and all kinds of damage to the seat. Legislative.

In the first, Trump called the group of violent people who stormed Congress to prevent senators from making a decision on the election outcome, which he himself had questioned, as “patriots”. behavior that had already prompted Twitter to delete several of their tweets during the elections.

“The 75 million great American patriots who voted for me will have a giant voice for the future,” he promised and harangued them: “They will in no way be looked down upon or treated unfairly.” At that time, the directors of the social network suspended the account.

But, after recovering it, the president returned to the charge by announcing “to all those who asked” that he would not go to the nomination of Joe Biden on January 20.

Twitter saw the announcement “being received by many of its followers as confirmation that the election was not legitimate and as a reversal of its previous commitment” with an “orderly transition”.

In addition, this tweet “may also serve as an encouragement to those considering acts of violence (making it clear) that the inauguration would be a” safe “goal because he will not attend,” the company added.

The social network recalled that they have already started to spread, inside and outside of Twitter, “Plans for future armed demonstrations, including a proposed secondary attack on the U.S. Capitol and State Capitol buildings on January 17. “

“The use of the words ‘American patriots’ (in the first tweet) to describe some of their supporters is also interpreted (on the network) as support for those who have committed acts of violence on Capitol Hill,” continued the responsible for the social network.

Finally, they indicated that the promise that his supporters will have a “GIANT VOICE in the future” and that “they will not be disrespected” is taken on the networks as a sign that Trump “is not considering facilitating a “orderly transition” ”, but to continue“ to support, empower and protect those who believe they have won the elections ”.

This is an extraordinary measure by Twitter, which for years refused to censor Trump’s tweets considering them to be in the public interest given his status as president, but recently started labeling them with warnings that they were contradicting official facts or data. , especially with regard to the results of the November elections.

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