Twitter on Friday permanently suspended Donald Trump’s due to the risk of further incitement of violence.
The unprecedented move by the California-based microblogging site on Friday comes after Trump tweeted that he would not attend the inauguration of his successor Joe Biden on January 20.
“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 said in a statement.
At the time of permanent suspension, Trump had 88.7 million followers and followed 51 people.
Reacting to the ban, Trump said, “I predicted this would happen. We have been negotiating with various other sites and will have a big announcement soon, while we also look at the possibilities of building out our own platform in the near future. We will not be SILENCED!”