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    Twitter Permanently Suspends Trump, Citing 'Risk Of Further Incitement Of Violence'

    Twitter has permanently blocked the @realDonaldTrump account after President Trump posted messages that violated the company's rules.
    by Bobby Allyn Jan 08, 2021 4 minutes
    President Trump's Twitter account, @realDonaldTrump, has been permanently suspended, the company announced.

    Updated 10:05 p.m. ET Friday

    Twitter has permanently suspended President Trump's account over a pattern of behavior that violated company rules.

    The action was the most sweeping punishment any major social media company has ever taken against Trump, who has used his Twitter account to announce White House policy, attack rivals and widely disseminate misinformation.

    For years, Twitter has been under pressure from critics to limit the reach of Trump's falsehood-laced tweets. Calls for Trump to be banned from Twitter have also been long mounting.

    Yet officials at Twitter stood by his account, since the platform generally gives wide berth to accounts from world leaders whose posts have public value.

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