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# Twitter Permanently Bans Trump, Capping Online Revolt
The president’s preferred megaphone cited “the risk of further incitement of violence.” It acted after Facebook, Snapchat, Twitch and other platforms placed limits on him.
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Twitter locked President Trump’s account on Friday after he posted tweets calling his supporters “patriots” and saying he would not attend the presidential inauguration.Credit...Twitter
By [Kate Conger](https://www.nytimes.com/by/kate-conger) and [Mike Isaac](https://www.nytimes.com/by/mike-isaac)
Published Jan. 8, 2021Updated Jan. 12, 2021
OAKLAND, Calif. — [Twitter](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/12/style/trump-twitter-ban.html) said on Friday that it had permanently banned [President Trump](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/12/style/trump-twitter-ban.html) from its service “due to the risk of further incitement of violence,” effectively cutting him off from his favorite megaphone for reaching the public and capping a series of actions by mainstream sites to limit his online reach.
[Twitter](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/05/us/politics/supreme-court-trump-twitter.html) said in a [blog post](https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/suspension.html) that Mr. Trump’s personal @realDonaldTrump account, which has more than 88 million followers, would be shut down immediately. The company said two tweets that Mr. Trump had posted on Friday — one calling his supporters “patriots” and another saying he would not go to the presidential inauguration on Jan. 20 — [violated its rules](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/15/business/trump-china-censorship.html) against glorifying violence.
The tweets “were highly likely to encourage and inspire people to replicate the criminal acts that took place at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021,” Twitter said, referring to [the storming of the Capitol](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/world/americas/what-is-a-coup-attempt.html) by a mob of Trump loyalists.
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