Last month, Twitter denounced former U.S. President Donald Trump after a violent uprising by his supporters that led to a siege on the U.S. Capitol on January 6. Twitter’s CFO said Wednesday. “The way our policies work, when you are taken off the platform, you are taken off the platform whether you are a current or former commentator, CFO or public official,” Ned Segal said in a television interview. CNBC network.
“Our policies are aimed at ensuring that people do not incite violence,” Segal said. “And if someone does that, we’ll have to take them out of service and our policies don’t allow people to come back. “
Trump has been a prolific Twitter user during his campaign and during his four years in the White House, using the platform for political announcements, to settle scores and for his political campaign.
Twitter had repeatedly called Trump’s tweet potentially misleading or inciting violence last year. Twitter’s moves to censor Trump’s posts led the former US president to sign an executive order against social media platforms. The executive order signed by Trump was aimed at removing some protections for social media platforms.
Besides Twitter, Trump has also been banned from several other social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and more. Facebook and Instagram had, at the time, temporarily banned Trump’s account for inciting violence against a democratically elected government.
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