Donald Trump’s Twitter account has been permanently suspended “due to the risk of further incitement of violence”.
Tweets from the US president’s @realDonaldTrump handle have been wiped, with his account now showing the words: “Twitter suspends accounts which violate the Twitter Rules.”
The Twitter Safety account posted shortly afterwards, saying: “After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence.
It comes after Mr Trump was similarly banned from Facebook and Instagram following riots at the US Capitol on Wednesday.
Twitter said two of the president’s tweets posted on Friday had violated its glorification of violence policy.
The move has outraged conservatives, who claim Twitter’s decision sets a dangerous precedent when it comes to free speech.