Twitter permanently suspended Donald Trump's account
The social network justified its decision by citing the "risk of new incitements to violence" from the outgoing president of the United States, who tried to use the official account of the Presidency but was again blocked
The social network Twitter permanently suspended the account of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, on Friday due to the "risk of new incitements to violence."
"After an in-depth review of the recent tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context in which they were posted, we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement to violence," the official Twitter statement reads.
Later, the outgoing president tried to express his dissatisfaction with the decision made by the social network, through the official account of the Presidency of the United States, @POTUS. However, in a matter of moments, Trump's messages were removed from the account.
“As I've been telling you for a long time, Twitter has gone further and further in censoring free speech, and tonight, Twitter employees have coordinated with Democrats and the radical left to remove my account from the platform, to silence me, and YOU ... the great 75,000,000, ″ Trump wrote from the account of the presidency.
Then, in another post he also added: “Even if we consider building our own platform in the near future, we will not be SILENCED! Twitter is not about freedom of expression. They are based on promoting a platform to the radical left where some of the most vicious people in the world are enabled to express themselves freely ... ”.
"STAY ATTENTIVE!" Trump ended in a third message from the official account of the presidency, @POTUS, which were deleted by the social network.
Trump's account had already been temporarily suspended (for 12 hours) on Wednesday and some of the tweets blocked after the outgoing president, who will leave the White House on January 20, harangued his followers to advance on Capitol Hill. . The resulting riots saw at least five deaths and dozens injured after the president's supporters, whom the Republican called "patriots" and whom he said in a video on Twitter that he loved, entered the Congress building.
It was because of those messages and those published after the restrictions were lifted that Twitter decided to impose the measure. “In the framework of this week's horrific events, we made it clear Wednesday that additional violations of Twitter's rules could result in this. Our public interest framework exists to enable the public to hear directly from world leaders and elected officials. It is built on a principle that holds that people have the right to hold power to account in public, ”the document continues.
However, he says, "we have made it clear over the years that these accounts are not completely above our rules and cannot use Twitter to incite violence, among other things." "We will continue to be transparent regarding our policies and the way in which they are applied," concludes the message, which goes on to explain the analysis that he makes on the consequences of each message sent by the outgoing president on Friday.
In the first, Trump said that "the 75 million great American patriots" who voted for him "will have a giant voice for the future" and "will not be disrespected or treated unfairly in any way." Shortly after, he announced that he would not attend the transfer of command ceremony, at which Joe Biden will take office as the new president.
“Due to continued tensions in the United States and a growth in levels of global conversation about the people who violently stormed the Capitol on January 6, these two tweets should be read in a broader national context and kept consider the ways in which the president's statements can mobilize different audiences, including being interpreted as incitement to violence. They must also be interpreted within the framework of the behavior pattern of this account during the last weeks. After evaluating the language of these tweets within the framework of our policy against the Glorification of Violence, we determined that they violate it and that the user @realDonaldTrump should be immediately and permanently suspended from the service ", explained the social network.
Twitter then specifically detailed its analysis of each message. Regarding his refusal to attend the transfer of command, the company said that this was "received by a number of followers as a new confirmation that the election had not been legitimate and they reject the messages in which he had committed to one." orderly transition. '
He also considered that he could encourage "those who are potentially considering violent actions, considering that the inauguration would be a‘ safe ’objective, since he will not attend."
