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Twitter permanently suspends Trump's account:
US President Donald Trump has been permanently suspended from Twitter "due to the risk of further incitement of violence", the company says.
Twitter said the decision was made "after close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them".
Mr Trump had earlier been locked out of his account for 12 hours.
Twitter then said that it would ban Mr Trump "permanently" if he breached the platform's rules again.
Reacting to the permanent ban, Trump 2020 campaign adviser Jason Miller tweeted: "Disgusting... if you don't think they're coming for you next, you're wrong."
It comes after Mr Trump tweeted several messages on Wednesday, calling the people who stormed the US Capitol "patriots".
Hundreds of his supporters entered the Capitol building as the US Congress attempted to certify Joe Biden's victory in the presidential election. The ensuing violence led to the deaths of four civilians and a police officer.
The siege took place just hours after Trump addressed supporters and told them: "We will never give up; we will never concede."
[...] On Thursday, Facebook said it had suspended Mr Trump "indefinitely". The popular gaming platform Twitch also placed an indefinite ban on the outgoing president's channel, which he has used for rally broadcasts. So has Snapchat.
Two online Trump memorabilia stores were closed this week by e-commerce company Shopify. On Friday, Reddit banned its "donaldtrump" forum for the president's supporters.
[...] The big question now is, can Trumpism survive without the backing of mainstream media? Or will it simply slip into the shadows of the internet?
(Emphasis retained from original.)
Also at Ars Technica, CNET
Full Twitter explanation at: blog.twitter.com
(Score: 2) by Rosco P. Coltrane on Saturday January 09 2021, @08:53PM (2 children)
No, I reckon Twitter should either stick to "Anything goes for a president" or "We'll enforce the TOS even for presidents" from start to end. Here, they were very lenient with the orange ape as long as he was in office, and now that the tide is turning, they're changing their tune to be on the good side of the new administration.
Many collaborators did the same thing in the closing months of WW2: they all joined the resistance just before the end. It's disgusting.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 09 2021, @10:08PM
Problem is the "TOS" change with the fluctuating pressure the cancel culture movement puts on them. Much of it probably coming from their own employees. They did keep the channel open for a very long time, even restoring his account after that rogue employee unilaterally shut it down. Now in the final days of the Trump administration, management just didn't have the will to stand their ground longer. Their loss; Trump made Twitter over the last four years, without him they will go back to pretending to be a going concern that spends a quarter to get a dime back.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday January 09 2021, @11:30PM
Sounds a whole lot better than what they're doing now, yup.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.