In the wake of Wednesday’s deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, calls are mounting for Facebook and other social platforms to suspend President Donald Trump’s access to social media permanently.
Twitter banned US President Donald Trump’s account on Friday, citing “the risk of further incitement of violence”.
The social media platform has been under growing pressure to take further action against Mr Trump following Wednesday’s deadly insurrection at the US Capitol.
Twitter initially suspended Mr Trump’s account for 12 hours after he posted a video that repeated false claims about election fraud and praised the rioters who stormed the Capitol.
A statement posted on Twitter’s blog said it had “made it clear” previously that the President’s account was “not above our rules”, and said it took action “in the context of horrific events” earlier this week.
US president locked out of his favorite platform as he faces growing blowback for Capitol riot; he accuses company of conspiring with his political enemies 'to silence me'