Twitter permanently bans former KKK leader David Duke

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Source: ABC News

Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke has been banned from Twitter for breaking the social media platform's site’s rules forbidding hate speech.

The company said Friday that Duke's account “has been permanently suspended for repeated violations of the Twitter rules on hateful conduct.”

It didn't specify what exactly Duke posted that triggered the ban, but its policy on hateful conduct prohibits promoting violence or threatening attacks against people based on religious affiliation, race and ethnic origin.

Twitter said the ban was in line with its recently updated policy aimed at cutting down on harmful links. Under the new rules, the company may suspend accounts dedicated to sharing hateful content or that try to get around its blocks on sharing links to the material.

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When are they going to ban tRump? His behavior perfectly fits the description of what they claim to ban - " dedicated to sharing hateful content".

[RainCaster]

1. DFT should be next

They have the precedent.

[AllaN01Bear]

9. ive been saying that all along.

[underpants]

2. Wow way to go Twitter

[efhmc]

3. "What about" the most famous hateful poster on Twitter? DJT

[VA_Jill]

4. Too scared

to ban tRump "because he's president". No other reason.

[ancianita]

5. From now until next February 1 is the time to suspend him, at the very least.

[zentrum]

6. He'll come back under

…a front tweeter.

The Civil War is not to be allowed to end.

[lame54]

7. He should never have been allowed to sign up

[NonPC]

8. 98 Days To Go is Too Early to Ban Trump

I think Trump is on thin ice with Twitter. Just because they haven't banned him YET, doesn't mean that he won't be. My guess is that when Trump goes full psycho sometime in the next 60-80 days and his violation of the rules is repeated and so painfully obvious, Dorsey will pull the plug on him. By that time, it will be too late for Trump to do much to Dorsey and Twitter's stock price.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

10. Good