Twitter SUSPENDS Trump fan’s account that posted his ‘From the Desk’ messages – despite having no link to Team Trump
TWITTER has suspended a Donald Trump fan account for sharing posts from his new communication platform ‘From the Desk,” according to reports.
The account in question claimed to have been tweeting “on behalf” of the former President, despite having no link to his communication team.
It comes a few days after it was revealed that the one of Trump’s new Twitter accounts was suspended for “violating the rules of Twitter.”
According to the BBC, the new fan led @DJTDesk account, violated the ban evasion policy by sharing content “affiliated with a suspended account.”
This was despite evidence of other similar Donald Trump fan accounts on the media platform.
As reported by NBC News, the bio for the @DJTDesk account read: “Posts copied from Save America on behalf of the 45th POTUS; Originally composed via DonaldJTrump/Desk”.
Twitter says that although it does allow accounts to share content from Mr Trump’s new website, it won’t allow an individual to “circumvent” a ban.
Those “evasion” rules can include “having someone else operate on your behalf, an account which represents your identity, persona, brand or business persona for a different purpose.”
NBC News added the bio for the @DJTDesk account read: “Posts copied from Save America on behalf of the 45th POTUS; Originally composed via DonaldJTrump/Desk”.
Twitter says that although it does allow accounts to share content from Mr Trump’s new website, it won’t allow an individual to “circumvent” a ban.
Those “evasion” rules can include “having someone else operate on your behalf, an account which represents your identity, persona, brand or business persona for a different purpose.”
Trump – who boasted 88 million followers during his time in charge- was indefinitely suspended from Twitter in January following the shocking US Capitol riot that left five dead.
He launched his own communications platform – titled “From the Desk of Donald J Trump” – on Tuesday in a bid to resurrect his online presence.
Visitors are able to like posts and share them on their Twitter and Facebook accounts – provided the posts themselves don’t break the sites’ rules.
The affiliated Twitter account @DJTDesk appeared to be an innovative way to allow the former President to communicate directly with users on various social media platforms.
However, that quickly fall through just a day after its inception due to a “violation of rules,” according to The Mail.
It only added to the former President’s growing frustration this week after he blasted Facebook and “radical left lunatics” as another social media ban was upheld.
The decision meant that he is still unable to use and access his Facebook and Instagram accounts.
During a quickly mustered statement online he said: “Facebook, Twitter and Google were a “total disgrace and am embarrassment to our Country.”
“Free Speech has been taken away from the President of the United States because the Radical Left Lunatics are afraid of the truth, but the truth will come out anyway, bigger and stronger than ever before,” it read.
“The People of our Country will not stand for it! These corrupt social media companies must pay a political price, and must never again be allowed to destroy and decimate our Electoral Process.”
The site’s independent Oversight Board made the decision to uphold on Wednesday morning.
In a statement they said: “Given the seriousness of the violations and the ongoing risk of violence, Facebook was justified in suspending Mr. Trump’s accounts on January 6 and extending that suspension on January 7.”
However, the board did insist that it was “not appropriate” for the board to indefinitely suspend the then-president.
“It is not permissible for Facebook to keep a user off the platform for an undefined period, with no criteria for when or whether the account will be restored,” the board determined, adding that Facebook “did not follow a clear, published procedure.”
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Despite keeping Trump restricted from the platform, the board ruled that “within six months of today, Facebook must review this matter and decide a new penalty.”
This penalty, the board said, would have to either impose a time-limit on the suspension or delete Trump’s account entirely.