'Twitter Files' Part 4 reveals changed policy to ban Donald Trump ALONE, internet labels the act as 'UNFAIR'

'Twitter Files' Part 4 reveals changed policy to ban Donald Trump ALONE, internet labels the act as 'UNFAIR'
In January 2021, Twitter permanently banned Donald Trump’s account for allegedly violating its rules against glorifying violence (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA: The fourth installment in the ongoing ‘Twitter Files’ series of bombshell revelations got published on Saturday night, December 10. Independent author Michael Shellenberger, who publishes his writings on Substack, dropped the details of how the company executives built their case for permanently banning former President Donald Trump from the platform on January 7, 2021, a day after the US Capitol Hill riot. 

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Shellenberger wrote, "On Jan 7, senior executives: create[d] justifications to ban Trump ... [sought] a change of policy for Trump alone, distinct from other political leaders" and express[ed] no concern for the free speech or democracy implications of a ban." Trump was subsequently banned from the platform the following day due to what Twitter said via their blog, "After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them — specifically how they are being received and interpreted on and off Twitter — we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence."