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Twitter suspends Trump from tweeting for 12 hours over violations

Twitter said on Wednesday it had temporarily locked the account of U.S. President Donald Trump for 12 hours over "repeated and severe violations" of the social media platform's civic integrity rules and threatened permanent suspension.

Twitter said it required the removal of Trump’s tweets “as a result of the unprecedented and ongoing violent situation in Washington, D.C,” after pro-Trump protesters stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to force Congress to overturn the election result.

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