Twitter Permanently Suspends Donald Trump's Account, Cites 'Incitement of Violence' Risk

[ad_1] Twitter stated on Friday that it has completely suspended US President Donald Trump's account as a result of danger of additional incitement of violence following the storming of the US Capitol on Wednesday. The suspension of Trump's account, which had greater than 88 million followers, silences his major megaphone days earlier than the tip of his time period and follows years of debate about how social media corporations ought to reasonable the accounts of highly effective world leaders. "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," the corporate stated in a tweet. It was the primary time Twitter has banned a head of state, the corporate confirmed. Social media corporations have moved swiftly to crack down on Trump and a few of his distinguished right-wing allies and supporters within the wake of the turmoil in Washingt…