Donald Trump tried to bypass Twitter block, but failed

Yesterday, Twitter permanently blocked the account of the still incumbent US President Donald Trump, explaining that the latter’s messages allegedly could inspire others to repeat the acts of violence that took place on January 6, 2021, and that there are several indicators that they are accepted and perceived as encouragement to that.

So far, there is no evidence that Trump is going to sue, but a few hours after the ban, he tried to publish messages from at least two other accounts to which he has access. These are @POTUS and @TeamTrump. The second was completely blocked, and the messages in the first were deleted. The @GaryCoby account, which belongs to the top manager of Trump’s company, was also blocked.

Twitter reported that such actions were taken in accordance with the platform’s rules regarding attempts to bypass the block. The platform noted that the government accounts @POTUS and @WhiteHouse will not be blocked, but measures will be taken to limit their use.

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