Twitter shuts down accounts for attempting to evade Donald Trump ban
- The accounts were set up to share messages the former US president is posting on a new page on his website
- Trump had been banned permanently from the platform after a deadly attack on the US Capitol by his supporters
Twitter suspended several accounts this week that were set up to share statements from a new part of former US President Donald Trump’s website, saying they broke its rules against evading an account ban.
Trump was banned from Twitter, where he had more than 88 million followers, and multiple other social media platforms following the deadly January 6 siege of the US Capitol by his supporters.
On Tuesday, a page was added to Trump’s site, dubbed “From the Desk of Donald J. Trump”, where he posts messages that can be shared by his audience to both Twitter and Facebook.
“As stated in our ban evasion policy, we’ll take enforcement action on accounts whose apparent intent is to replace or promote content affiliated with a suspended account,” a Twitter spokesman said in a statement.
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A Trump representative said they had nothing to do with the suspended accounts, which included @DJTDesk, @DJTrumpDesk, @DeskofDJT and @DeskOfTrump1.