Twitter permanently suspends Trump’s account

With mere days before his presidency is set to end, Twitter Inc. permanently suspended the account of Donald Trump on Friday.

“After close review of recent tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them — specifically how they are being received and interpreted on and off Twitter — we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence,” Twitter
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announced in a blog post in which the company said plans of another attack on the U.S. Capitol were already circulating both on and off the platform.