NEW YORK (WBEN) -- Twitter has permanently suspended President Donald Trump's account following Wednesday's riots at the Capitol building, the company said Friday.
"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 press release Friday evening.
"In the context of horrific events this week, we made it clear on Wednesday that additional violations of the Twitter Rules would potentially result in this very course of action," the company added. "Our public interest framework exists to enable the public to hear from elected officials and world leaders directly. It is built on a principle that the people have a right to hold power to account in the open."
The move came after more than 300 Twitter employees reportedly called on the company to permanently suspend Trump's account, saying his ability to use Twitter "helped fuel the deadly events of January 6th."
"Despite our efforts to serve the public conversation, as Trump's megaphone, we helped fuel the deadly events of January 6th," the employees wrote, according to the Washington Post. "We must learn from our mistakes in order to avoid causing future harm."
