![]() ![]() Trump's Twitter account, which had more than 88 million followers, was removed following the company's warning the president it would happen if he did not stop abusing the platform, including his attempts to sabotage the results of the November election by peddling false claims. Late Friday, Twitter also suspended an account associated with the Trump campaign, after it shared a portion of Trump's statement condemning the company's action. "Twitter may be a private company, but without the government's gift of Section 230 they would not exist for long," the president wrote. He also echoed complaints about a legal shield, known as Section 230, that has long protected tech companies from lawsuits over what is posted on its sites. He said Twitter silenced him and "the 75,000,000 great patriots who voted for me." ![]() In the posts, which Trump also shared in a written statement, he accused Twitter of banning free speech. Trump tweeted four messages from the account. It did not take long for Trump to try to get around the ban. ![]() Trump says Twitter silenced him and his supporters "After close review of recent Tweets from the 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," the company said in a statement. Now, is gone for good and attempts to evade the ban will result in enforcement, Twitter officials said. That all changed following the violent riots that overtook the Capitol earlier this week after a deluge of posts attempting to sabotage the result of the presidential election. ![]()
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