Amid violence, Twitter suspends Trump account, threatens permanent ban
69 shares A screenshot of US President Donald Trump's Twitter account with two posts blocked by Twitter, on December 6, 2021 (screenshot) In an unprecedented step, Twitter suspended the account of US President Donald Trump for 12 hours Wednesday when he repeatedly posted false accusations about the election after his supporters stormed the Capitol following a Trump rally. Twitter said that future violations by Trump would result in a permanent suspension. Earlier in the day, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube all removed a short video from Trump in which he urged those supporters Wednesday t...