After Twitter has permanently banned President Donald Trump's account Due to "the threat of further incitement to violence" on Friday, celebrities, journalists, comedians, corporations, political figures and others left social media with a variety of reactions.
"It is now safe to turn off your computer" Microsoft tweeted.
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Mark Hamill tweeted a screenshot of the blocked account along with the text "How is YOUR day going?"
The permanent suspension comes after Trump's account was temporarily suspended on Wednesday, which had more than 88 million followers. For three tweets, the social network has declared that it has violated its rules against interference in elections and citizen processes.
In a blog post on Friday, Twitter said two of Trump's tweets released on Friday violated its rules against the glorification of violence. Twitter's action comes after a violent mob stormed the US CapitolThis, in turn, resulted in the death of five people and delayed Joe Biden's certification as the next US president.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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The reactions to the move ranged from enthusiastic and snappy to angry Twitter - and it made the move angry no sooner.
There is even one fake Trump-in-Disguise Twitter account already shake up the views.
Some joked about Trump's attempt to log into Melania's account so he could keep tweeting.
And MySpace began to develop on Twitter thanks to the people who predicted Trump would try his luck on other social media outlets, no matter how mysterious.
Others tweeted criticism that the Twitter suspension was too little and too late as there were only a few days left Inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden on January 20th.
thank not twitter for banning trump. They only did it because someone died. If the uprising hadn't happened, Trump would still tweet. Twitter had been warned that someone would be hurt because of their tweets and they waited for 5 people to die. @ TwitterSafety get no thanks
- Grace Spelman: completely exonerated, no wrongdoing (@GraceSpelman) January 8, 2021
