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Multinational tech giant, Twitter has revealed that former United States President Donald Trump will be banned forever from the platform even if he runs again.
Twitter Chief Financial Officer, Ned Segal made this known in a new interview on CNBC’s Squawk Box, while speaking on how the company would handle Trump’s Twitter account long term.
Responding to a question about what would happen if Trump ran again and was elected to office, Segal didn’t mince words.
“The way our policies work, when you’re removed from the platform, you’re removed from the platform — whether you’re a commentator, you’re a CFO, or you are a former or current public official,” Segal said.
“Remember, our policies are designed to make sure that people are not inciting violence, and if anybody does that, we have to remove them from the service and our policies don’t allow people to come back.”
"The way our policies work, when you're removed from the platform, you're removed from the platform whether you're a commentator, you're a CFO or you are a former or current public official," says $TWTR CFO @nedsegal on if President Trump's account could be restored. pic.twitter.com/ZZxascb9Rz
— Squawk Box (@SquawkCNBC) February 10, 2021
Twitter had previously said that Mr Trump was exempt from its rules because of his status as a newsworthy figure and a holder of public office. But the comments suggest that he would not be able to come back to the site even if those things became true of him again.
Also, Twitter chief executive, Jack Dorsey said that the ban of Mr Trump had not make any significant change to the company’s growth.
”We’re a platform that is obviously much larger than any one topic or any one account,” he told investors, apparently in reference to the ban. He also said that 80 per cent of the site’s users were outside the US and that the site is “not just dependent upon just news and politics being what drives Twitter.
Recall that Twitter alongside some major social media platforms banned Trump from their platforms in the wake of the violence at the Capitol last month. Twitter had citing concerns about the “risk of further incitement of violence.”
