Days after mob overruns U.S. Capitol, Twitter permanently suspends account of President Trump
January 8, 2021 at 4:14 pm
The @realDonaldTrump Twitter profile on Friday after the account was taken down by Twitter. (Twitter screenshot)
Update, Friday, 4:10 p.m.: Twitter announced Friday that it was permanently suspending the account of President Trump, citing what it called “the risk of further incitement of violence” days after a mob of his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol.
The account @realDonaldTrump turned blank on Friday afternoon and the social media company tweeted from its @TwitterSafety account the reasoning behind its decision.
After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence.https://t.co/CBpE1I6j8Y
Aubrey Edwards To Auction Off Her AEW Games T-Shirt For Code.Org );
AEW sent out the following press release today, announcing that referee Aubrey Edwards will be donating her AEW Games t-shirt for an auction that will benefit Code.org:
All Elite Wrestling Referee Aubrey Edwards to Auction AEW GAMES Ref Shirt to Benefit Code.org );
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December 17, 2020 – All Elite Wrestling and its new AEW GAMES division announced that Referee Aubrey Edwards will be auctioning the referee shirt she wore and dramatically “hulked” off during the AEW GAMES virtual launch event last month. All proceeds from the auction will be donated to Code.org to benefit the nonprofit organization’s computer science programs and initiatives.