Twitter has suspended the account of David Duke, a former Klansman leader, just yesterday for violating the rules on hateful conduct.
The suspension comes after Twitter suspended the accounts of 50+ white nationalist and supremacist accounts, including Martin Sellner, Stefan Molyneux and the French branch of Generation Identity a few weeks ago. Also, just last month, Ashley Rae Groypenberg has been suspended for unspecified violations. A few days ago, Donald Trump Jr. was slapped with a 12 hour temporary Twitter suspension for tweeting misinformation relating to false claims about coronavirus cures. Earlier this year in June, Twitter permanently suspended Katie Hopkins for violating the rules on hateful conduct. David Duke has also been temporarily suspended in 2017 for associating himself with Unite The Right rally. He has also been convicted of tax fraud after pleading guilty to the crime, and has spent a year in prison for it in 2002, in the US. It appears that Twitter is finally starting to take things seriously and crack down on white supremacy, hate and violence associated with it. While the suspension of David Duke comes as an immense relief to many activists and anti fascists, it has taken too long for Twitter to act on his tweets and content, which are in clear violation of the rules in many ways, including hateful conduct and violent extremism. Twitter needs to enforce the rules on public figures and verified accounts in the same way that twitter does with ordinary users, and be very firm and consistent in moderating hateful content.
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