Company determines two Friday tweets were ‘highly likely’ to encourage behavior like the storming of the Capitol

Twitter has permanently suspended the account of Donald Trump, citing his repeated violations of the company’s rules and risks including the “further incitement of violence”.

Twitter assessed two tweets sent by Trump on Friday morning as “highly likely to encourage and inspire people to replicate the criminal acts that took place at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021”, the company said in a statement. Plans for “future armed protests” are spreading on Twitter and elsewhere, the company warned, “including a proposed secondary attack on the US Capitol and state capitol buildings on January 17, 2021”.

Continue reading…

You May Also Like

Man who rode jetski from Scotland to Isle of Man to see girlfriend jailed for Covid breach

The man, who had never driven a jetski before, believed the journey…

Visitor to UK parliament made to cover ‘stop Brexit’ sticker on laptop

Anna Betz says she was told to remove sticker with her fingernails…

‘This isn’t a game of 4D chess’: Tories braced for bruising local elections

Rishi Sunak launches his party’s campaign amid fears of wipeout and internal…

Protests, posters and the return of Lula: days nine and 10 at Cop 27 – in pictures

Activists stage demonstrations at the climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh as Brazil’s…

Company determines two Friday tweets were ‘highly likely’ to encourage behavior like the storming of the Capitol

Twitter has permanently suspended the account of Donald Trump, citing his repeated violations of the company’s rules and risks including the “further incitement of violence”.

Twitter assessed two tweets sent by Trump on Friday morning as “highly likely to encourage and inspire people to replicate the criminal acts that took place at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021”, the company said in a statement. Plans for “future armed protests” are spreading on Twitter and elsewhere, the company warned, “including a proposed secondary attack on the US Capitol and state capitol buildings on January 17, 2021”.

Continue reading…

You May Also Like

Coronavirus live news: India reports record new deaths; 60% of all vaccine doses given in just three countries

Second wave in Argentina; China, United States and India have administered three…