Twitter permanently bans former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke for repeated violations of hate policy

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Twitter has confirmed it has banned the account of former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke for violating its policy against hateful conduct.

Twitter confirmed on Friday that it has banned the account of former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke for violating its policy against hateful conduct.

"The account... has been permanently suspended for repeated violations of the Twitter rules on hateful conduct," a spokeswoman for the platform told AFP.Twitter and Facebook block accounts of Jair Bolsonaro supporters amid misinformation probe Pressure has mounted on Twitter and other social media to prevent their use as megaphones for violent rhetoric amid protests in the US against racial inequality.

 

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I only saw him frequently calling out Israel for their crimes against Palestinians, I guess that's 'hateful conduct' on twitter.

He endorsed Hillary in 2016.

TwitterSupport Twitter jack So when are you going to remove realDonaldTrump He has an Official POTUS Twitter account for notices of public interest and his private account regularly breaks your own behavioural guidelines...asking for the rest of the planet.....

Translation: twitter have banned another person for saying things they don’t like and are pretending it’s about “hate.” If twitter actually banned for hate the left wouldn’t exist here.

Why don’t you cover some serious ethical news SBS

Yet Osman & Mehreen Faruqi, Ben & Michelle Law & Clementine Ford to name a few still have accounts.

Trump is actually the KKK Leader, he always wears his mask a official gatherings.

Now they just need to ban the black version of the KKK = BLM

Good riddance. Twitter is not missing anything.

Keep up the great work Twitter. realDonaldTrump next please.

but not you lot?

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