"Wrong and bad" tweets should be deleted or made invisible and a temporary account suspension could be appropriate, Musk said.
Musk, speaking to a Financial Times conference, added that he and Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey believe permanent bans should be "extremely rare" and reserved for accounts that operate bots or spread spam. Twitter, like other U.S.-based social media platforms, has banned various individuals for violating its policies on misinformation and glorification of violence.
PST: This story was updated to include a statement from Twitter about the account.The question of reinstating Trump has been seen as a litmus test of how far Musk will go in making changes, even though Trump himself has said he would not return. PST: This story was updated to include Trump's tweets from the account, and those tweets' subsequent removal. PST: This story has been updated to include Twitter's policy regarding Trump's potential use of other Twitter accounts, including the account. The president is banned from Facebook and Instagram until at least Jan. We also asked Twitter for any additional context around the ban, however a spokesperson simply pointed us back toward the above Twitter thread from is not the only social media platform that took action against Trump this week. "For government accounts, such as and we will not suspend those accounts permanently but will take action to limit their use." "We have taken steps to enforce this with regard to recent Tweets from the account," explained the spokesperson. In an emailed statement, a Twitter spokesperson reiterated that this was violation of the company's rules. "We will not be SILENCED!" read one the now-deleted tweets.
He posted several tweets via the account, but they were quickly taken down. Notably, after the initial publication of this story, Trump tried that very thing. However, official government accounts like and will not be suspended unless absolutely necessary to avoid real-world harm. If Trump tries to use other accounts, they will be subject to suspension as well. According to Twitter, Trump cannot evade Friday's ban by simply switching to another account. We reached out to Twitter to ask what, if anything, it will do if Trump simply starts tweeting from the account. "After assessing the language in these Tweets against our Glorification of Violence policy, we have determined that these Tweets are in violation of the Glorification of Violence Policy and the user should be immediately permanently suspended from the service." " two Tweets must be read in the context of broader events in the country and the ways in which the President's statements can be mobilized by different audiences, including to incite violence, as well as in the context of the pattern of behavior from this account in recent weeks," reads the blog post. The tweets in question are both from Friday, and claimed Trump's followers will "will not be disrespected or treated unfairly in any way" and that Trump intends to skip the inauguration of President-elect Biden. The company laid out how, in its eyes, Trump went too far - citing two specific tweets in the process. In a lengthy blog post, Twitter expounded upon a decision that is sure to make massive waves across the political spectrum.
Twitter also moved to ban prominent accounts associated with QAnon late Friday, including the account of Michael Flynn. Then he sent two tweets that triggered Twitter to take permanent action. Trump eventually complied - leading to the removal of a temporary lock on his account. Capitol building by pro-Trump extremists, an action that led to five deaths.Īs the siege was ongoing and in its immediate aftermath, Twitter took the action of hiding three Trump tweets and demanding their removal. The permanent ban follows the storming of the U.S. "After close review of recent Tweets from the account and the context around them we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence," announced Twitter late Friday. Twitter suspended the account of Donald Trump.
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