(Detroit Free Press) Twitter has locked President Donald Trump’s personal account for 12 hours for “repeated and severe violations of our Civic Integrity policy,” the social media giant’s first punitive action against @realDonaldTrump, as many of his supporters stormed and breached the US Capitol on Wednesday.
The @TwitterSafety account said the violations stem from three tweets, including a video Trump shared Wednesday afternoon to his supporters, telling them to “go home” but also saying “we love you,” calling them “patriots” and repeating false claims that the November general election was “stolen from us.”
“This means that the account of @realDonaldTrump will be locked for 12 hours following the removal of these Tweets,” Twitter Safety said. “If the Tweets are not removed, the account will remain locked.”
Twitter Safety continued: “Future violations of the Twitter Rules, including our Civic Integrity or Violent Threats policies, will result in permanent suspension of the @realDonaldTrump account.”
The violating Trump tweets have since been removed from the @realDonaldTrump account.
